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Governor Rick Perry, Who Once Considered Scrapping the Energy Department, Will Now Lead It
The liberal media is aghast at the irony.
I'm not. The most important attribute for the exercise of power is an understanding of the restraint that must be imposed on any exercise of power -- and feeling that a department is kind of bullshit is an excellent start to knowing that restraint. It should be noted that under Obama, many agencies were perverted, Orwell-like, to perform the exact opposite function of their original mission. The Department of Energy, created to promote the generation of energy, was perverted into an agency largely considered with strangling initiatives to generate energy. I don't think Rick Perry will roll that way. Drill, baby, drill.The article notes the current "controversial" policy of DoE loans to boondoggles like Solyndra. I think Perry might be interested in some accountability on that front. And I don't think he'll be interested in more boondoggle loans. This quote from a Canadian Minister of something or other is apropos:
President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be his nominee for energy secretary, the transition team announced Wednesday, which would make him head of an agency he once sought to eliminate. ... If confirmed by the Senate, Perry will inherit a department that has focused on promoting clean energy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels, but has also seen domestic production of oil explode. And his selection is a nod to the traditional GOP emphasis on energy sources like coal and oil. "As the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry created created a business climate that produced millions of new jobs and lower energy prices in his state, and he will bring that same approach to our entire country as Secretary of Energy," Trump said in a statement. "My administration is going to make sure we take advantage of our huge natural resource deposits to make America energy independent and create vast new wealth for our nation, and Rick Perry is going to do an amazing job as the leader of that process." ... "I've never understood why, with all of our own reserves, we've allowed this country to be held hostage by OPEC, the cartel of oil-producing countries, some of which are hostile to America," Trump wrote in his book "Crippled America."
And they wonder why so many are skeptical of the "pure sciencey-ness, honest!" of the whole global warming crusade. pic.twitter.com/5tLGmPbIbq
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) December 14, 2016
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Work yourself out of a job Rick!
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:03 PM (Rtl0g)
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What are the first three things he is going to do?
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2016 01:05 PM (PeNEi)
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The DOE doesn't want to give thr Trump team any info on their support for AGW. Who is going to win that fight?
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:05 PM (Rtl0g)
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Hopefully he can bring more energy to the department of energy than he did to his presidential campaign.
Posted by: Al Leppo at December 14, 2016 01:05 PM (8mYHH)
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First, and on point too.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:05 PM (Rtl0g)
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top 10
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 14, 2016 01:05 PM (WGxp4)
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Heh. The Democrats will have to be strategic on which nominee to fight otherwise they will be chickens running around with their heads cut off.
Posted by: IC at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (a0IVu)
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Schadenboner is now self-aware and... polka dancing?
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (8b+oT)
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Well, maybe Trump is pulling something smart here -- put Perry in charge of winding down the DoE?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (WGxp4)
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"No matter if the science of global warming is all phony..."
The science is settled, you fucking retard. Get with the script!
The science is settled, you fucking retard. Get with the script!
Posted by: General Zod at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (Bdeb0)
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That Tweet from the Canadian broad, it makes me want to start a tire fire.
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (PeNEi)
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Get rid of both DOE's
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:07 PM (nFwvY)
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I like Rick Perry, for three reasons...
Posted by: Poll Troll by Request at December 14, 2016 01:07 PM (ul9CR)
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Problem is that the Dept. of Energy, is more about Nuclear Energy... than oil... or coal...
Its the Dept. of the Interior that leases tracts of Land for oil production...
Its the Dept. of the Interior that leases tracts of Land for oil production...
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (qf6WZ)
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Natural Gas! Nuclear! If America wants to ramp up manufacturing and prosperity, we need to ramp it up with cheap energy and lots of excess capacity.
Suck it, Greenies!
Suck it, Greenies!
Posted by: Fritz at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (ul9CR)
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I think Perry should change the Department of Energy's mission to Tranny outreach.
Posted by: Bill Maher at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (bbspV)
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (qUNWi)
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...geez, since the EPA is poisoning rivers, and NASA's doing Muslim outreach-what's the problem? Just pin his name to his coat sleeve and turn him loose...
Posted by: pahound at December 14, 2016 01:09 PM (aUOh9)
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:09 PM (r/0kC)
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Schadenboner is now self-aware and... polka dancing?
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (8b+oT)
OMG, trying so hard to *not* get a mental image of that while, at the same time, laughing so hard at the thought.
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM (8b+oT)
OMG, trying so hard to *not* get a mental image of that while, at the same time, laughing so hard at the thought.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 14, 2016 01:09 PM (sEDyY)
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Will the Republican Congress actually support Trump and his EPA and DOE changes? They might get bad press from the MSM if they support Trump and Perry.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:09 PM (Rtl0g)
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Obama's Energy Secretary (professor so-and-so) wanted to get gasoline prices to European levels. It was more like the Dept. of We-Don't-Want-You-To-Use-Any-Energy.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Go Jolly Your Holly at the Outrage Outlet! at December 14, 2016 01:09 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at December 14, 2016 01:09 PM (C9pBZ)
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"Justice and Equality" is a benefit f AGW alarmism?
How about you do things for their stated purpose - use your court system for justice and equality instead of some sham sciencey chicken little routine?
How about you do things for their stated purpose - use your court system for justice and equality instead of some sham sciencey chicken little routine?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:11 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 14, 2016 01:11 PM (u0lmX)
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mmmm....brown beer.
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2016 01:11 PM (qUNWi)
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Fracking changed the arc of history.
But for fracking, Obama would have put us into Late 1970s Redux, with high energy prices, an even worse economy, and geo-political war risk over the Middle East.
Instead, Bullet Dodged. Energy has been the only economic bright spot of the Obama years.
And it happened despite Government plans and policies. Like many significant economic advances, it was unforeseen by the mandarins and was instead a creation of mavericks on the grounds.
Ironically, because it has made cleaner natural gas so cheap, fracking has made a huge contribution to reducing US emissions. IIRC, we're the only major country to do so.
And Obama takes credit for a lot of the positives, never revealing that the underlying positives happened despite him.
But for fracking, Obama would have put us into Late 1970s Redux, with high energy prices, an even worse economy, and geo-political war risk over the Middle East.
Instead, Bullet Dodged. Energy has been the only economic bright spot of the Obama years.
And it happened despite Government plans and policies. Like many significant economic advances, it was unforeseen by the mandarins and was instead a creation of mavericks on the grounds.
Ironically, because it has made cleaner natural gas so cheap, fracking has made a huge contribution to reducing US emissions. IIRC, we're the only major country to do so.
And Obama takes credit for a lot of the positives, never revealing that the underlying positives happened despite him.
Posted by: Donaldus Maximus at December 14, 2016 01:12 PM (SIY7D)
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Good point, liberals, it is ironic.
Let's just scrap the entire department to save us from the irony.
Let's just scrap the entire department to save us from the irony.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at December 14, 2016 01:12 PM (WuRdh)
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Trump's firing on all twelve cylinders with his Cabinet nominees. All the supernumerary executive-branch offices are being filled with people whose history indicates an intent to gut them.
It was interesting listening to the guy on NPR the other day talk about Tillerson, how you don't get where he is by being one-dimensional, how running a major oil company means you sit down at the bargaining table as an equal with the top rank of world leaders and as a superior with all the rest, how he's probably had more face-time with all those leaders than anyone else Trump could possibly name...and Tillerson, like Romney, has the flinty-eyed management skills to deal with a large and barnacle-encrusted bureaucracy like State.
My only concern with Tillerson (disclosure: I've owned XOM stock for decades) is the same as with Romney - here's a guy who's used to being top banana, can he play nice on Trump's team?
It was interesting listening to the guy on NPR the other day talk about Tillerson, how you don't get where he is by being one-dimensional, how running a major oil company means you sit down at the bargaining table as an equal with the top rank of world leaders and as a superior with all the rest, how he's probably had more face-time with all those leaders than anyone else Trump could possibly name...and Tillerson, like Romney, has the flinty-eyed management skills to deal with a large and barnacle-encrusted bureaucracy like State.
My only concern with Tillerson (disclosure: I've owned XOM stock for decades) is the same as with Romney - here's a guy who's used to being top banana, can he play nice on Trump's team?
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:12 PM (TppKb)
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Off sock
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:12 PM (SIY7D)
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Schadenboner is now self-aware and... polka dancing?
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM
Mine's doing the Mamushka. Yeah...it's kind of weird.
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM
Mine's doing the Mamushka. Yeah...it's kind of weird.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 14, 2016 01:12 PM (kDUMP)
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Didn't someone build a fence about this?
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at December 14, 2016 01:12 PM (5kqPn)
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I saw the Polka Dancing Schadenboners open for Weezer at the Roseland.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:13 PM (r/0kC)
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They tried to put this guy in prison, now he'll head up energy policy to help us become more independent.
How's Perry's ass taste now, bitches?
How's Perry's ass taste now, bitches?
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at December 14, 2016 01:13 PM (e4QWB)
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and...for the record.."the science is settled" is NOT science - always sceptical be
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:13 PM (VHGGJ)
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The Dept of Energy's responsibilities (nuclear weapons, Navy nuclear propulsion, and energy development) should be assigned to the Defense, Commerce, and Interior Depts as appropriate. Then eliminate it.
Posted by: Butch at December 14, 2016 01:13 PM (hXu8T)
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Really glad he picked Rick Perry!
Also love that the DoE is all a-twitter over the request for names of employees involved in climate change shenanigans.
Remember that it was the EPA's top Climate Change executive who was also scamming them by claiming he also worked for the CIA, which he used as an excuse to work part time and travel around on the EPA's dime.
If you're scamming us on AGW, then what else are you scamming us on????
Also love that the DoE is all a-twitter over the request for names of employees involved in climate change shenanigans.
Remember that it was the EPA's top Climate Change executive who was also scamming them by claiming he also worked for the CIA, which he used as an excuse to work part time and travel around on the EPA's dime.
If you're scamming us on AGW, then what else are you scamming us on????
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (NOIQH)
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My only concern with Tillerson (disclosure: I've owned XOM stock for decades) is the same as with Romney - here's a guy who's used to being top banana, can he play nice on Trump's team?
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With Bolton as his deputy, I'm optimistic.
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With Bolton as his deputy, I'm optimistic.
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (e4QWB)
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Easy job, all he has to do is sign all of the termination papers for the staff.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (7ZVPa)
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Who will be the Fracking Czar?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (eZ0Cd)
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Who knew I was on thin ice?
Posted by: Zombie Alan Thicke at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (zMnVK)
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...I'd kind of think we'd all be better off if he stayed as governor. At least the people of his state would be. Don't get me wrong, I like him but he's doing good work there. Who's likely to replace him?
In any case, I suspect most of these picks are head fakes so Trump can get the guy that he really wants in that position anyway.
In any case, I suspect most of these picks are head fakes so Trump can get the guy that he really wants in that position anyway.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (39g3+)
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He briefly considered abolishing the DOE, that is before he forgot that it was one of the ones he wanted to abolish. It is hilarious that the DOE turns out to be the agency he will head. Will he still remember it during his swearing in?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (R+30W)
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Schadenboner is now self-aware and... polka dancing?
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Mine only does The Pogo.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM
Gentlemen, there is only one dance a true schadenboner does.
The Holey-Pokey.
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Mine only does The Pogo.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM
Gentlemen, there is only one dance a true schadenboner does.
The Holey-Pokey.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (DMUuz)
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OT because, why not?
The word is out that NJ Governor Krispy Kreme wishes to write a book during his remaining time in office (another year, FWIW).
Tough Choices: Confronting a Fully Stocked Refrigerator While Getting a Midnight Snack is on hold, however, because of some anti-corruption NJ law (ha!) regarding sources of financial remuneration while serving in office.
The story is that Governor KK is negotiating with NJ Dems for a waiver on this restriction in return for allowing taxpayer-funded raises to legislators' staff members to go through.
OT because, why not?
The word is out that NJ Governor Krispy Kreme wishes to write a book during his remaining time in office (another year, FWIW).
Tough Choices: Confronting a Fully Stocked Refrigerator While Getting a Midnight Snack is on hold, however, because of some anti-corruption NJ law (ha!) regarding sources of financial remuneration while serving in office.
The story is that Governor KK is negotiating with NJ Dems for a waiver on this restriction in return for allowing taxpayer-funded raises to legislators' staff members to go through.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Country Singer at December 14, 2016 01:15 PM (uiwCw)
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Who put the global warming frauds in charge of "justice and inequality" in the world and why wasn't I told?
These people are megalomaniac kooks. They're like Kim Jong Un, only they want to murder people for not recycling and using coal to heat their homes.
These people are megalomaniac kooks. They're like Kim Jong Un, only they want to murder people for not recycling and using coal to heat their homes.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 14, 2016 01:15 PM (rQph1)
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Schadenboner is now self-aware and... polka dancing?
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM
As long as it's not doing the chicken dance.
Posted by: Dang at December 14, 2016 01:06 PM
As long as it's not doing the chicken dance.
Posted by: The Chicken at December 14, 2016 01:15 PM (Fmupd)
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I think the Tillerson/Bolton combo may scare the ... off of some of our "friends" across the ocean - good!
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:15 PM (VHGGJ)
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Was it Calvin Coolidge (of blessed memory) who said, "The business of America is business?". It's nice to have a POTUS again who actually thinks we ought to be the leader of the free world in military and economic strength.
And I hope Perry fires every last mofo in the DOE who thinks they're too important to answer questions about whether or not they've been attending conferences on the AGW scam. That would make knees turn to water all over DC and is exactly the kind of hard-ass dealing we need right now.
And I hope Perry fires every last mofo in the DOE who thinks they're too important to answer questions about whether or not they've been attending conferences on the AGW scam. That would make knees turn to water all over DC and is exactly the kind of hard-ass dealing we need right now.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 14, 2016 01:15 PM (X6fMO)
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>> Ironically, because it has made cleaner natural gas
>> so cheap, fracking has made a huge contribution to
>> reducing US emissions. IIRC, we're the only major
>> country to do so.
You know that little weird-looking electric BMW? Not the big exotic-looking electric BMW (i
, but the little cube (i3)?
The composite body panels are made in the US because the energy cost of doing it in Germany would be prohibitive.
>> so cheap, fracking has made a huge contribution to
>> reducing US emissions. IIRC, we're the only major
>> country to do so.
You know that little weird-looking electric BMW? Not the big exotic-looking electric BMW (i
, but the little cube (i3)?
The composite body panels are made in the US because the energy cost of doing it in Germany would be prohibitive.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:16 PM (TppKb)
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...I'd kind of think we'd all be better off if he stayed as governor.
Perry? He's not the Governor.
Perry? He's not the Governor.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 14, 2016 01:16 PM (ul9CR)
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Gentlemen, there is only one dance a true schadenboner does.
The Holey-Pokey.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM
Don't forget the Masochism Tango. Different strokes and all...
The Holey-Pokey.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM
Don't forget the Masochism Tango. Different strokes and all...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 14, 2016 01:16 PM (kDUMP)
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I think Perry might be interested in some accountability on that front. And I don't think he'll be interested in more boondoggle loans.
I hope so. He certainly didn't hesitate to both use and crow about his big development slush fund as governor. I know that everyone plays this game now to the extent that very few on the right are willing to stand on principle over these things, but I hate these tax handouts. I don't believe they benefit the municipalities one iota--just like building stadiums with taxpayer dollars doesn't give positive returns, either.
So it probably won't be for solar panels, but I'm not really sure Perry won't be able to find someone he wants to give our money to.
I hope so. He certainly didn't hesitate to both use and crow about his big development slush fund as governor. I know that everyone plays this game now to the extent that very few on the right are willing to stand on principle over these things, but I hate these tax handouts. I don't believe they benefit the municipalities one iota--just like building stadiums with taxpayer dollars doesn't give positive returns, either.
So it probably won't be for solar panels, but I'm not really sure Perry won't be able to find someone he wants to give our money to.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:16 PM (yL25O)
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Tonight in his honor, I am going to start fracking in my backyard.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 14, 2016 01:16 PM (rQph1)
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>> Who put the global warming frauds in charge of
>> "justice and inequality" in the world and why wasn't
>> I told?
You didn't know what the whole thing was about?
Oh, shame.
>> "justice and inequality" in the world and why wasn't
>> I told?
You didn't know what the whole thing was about?
Oh, shame.
Posted by: Maurice Strong at December 14, 2016 01:17 PM (TppKb)
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Perry isn't the current TX governor - Greg Abbot is.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:17 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 14, 2016 01:17 PM (R+30W)
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I'm not a big Perry fan. I think in large part Texas would have been successful no matter what Republican Governor we would have had. He is the Sean Hannity of GOP politicians. That said I'm glad he was nominated if only for taking him out of any Senate race against Cruz.
Our governor now is the boss.
Our governor now is the boss.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:17 PM (/wcVO)
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I'd have to say that the State of the Deluded right is...Pretty Damned pleased with things.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at December 14, 2016 01:17 PM (PNcou)
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The day after the election, the Trump administration needs to totally eliminate any aid, contracts or support for the University of Pennsylvania, until all of Michael Mann's documents are turned over to the DoE.
Time to expose this bullshit at the source.
Time to expose this bullshit at the source.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (Zs4uk)
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Rick Perry went on Dancing with the Stars didn't he? He can show off his skills at the 2017 DOE Christmas party.
Posted by: IC at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (a0IVu)
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We are going to make the world more prosperous whether the SJW's like it or not, I guess.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (LISuA)
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Give the nukes back to DOD. Fire any excess into Qom.
Posted by: DaveA at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (8J/Te)
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Meanwhile the left is screaming about how the NOAA claims that this is the lowest snowfall in the arctic EVER (since the early 20th century) and we're all doomed because see, global warming is proved (even though last year they claimed it was the most snowfall EVER on record).
So Trump is trying to kill us all!!!!!11!1!!
So Trump is trying to kill us all!!!!!11!1!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (39g3+)
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..I'd kind of think we'd all be better off if he stayed as governor. At least the people of his state would be. Don't get me wrong, I like him but he's doing good work there. Who's likely to replace him?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (39g3+)
Bless your heart
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (39g3+)
Bless your heart
Posted by: yer not from around here are you at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (DE9cR)
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Largest Oil Find in US History.
In Texas. Home of Rick Perry.
yeah, buddy.
Director of Media Oversight Appointee Sarah Palin just phoned in to wish him well.
In Texas. Home of Rick Perry.
yeah, buddy.
Director of Media Oversight Appointee Sarah Palin just phoned in to wish him well.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at December 14, 2016 01:19 PM (toH8T)
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I seem to recall we had some NeverTrumpers who were big Perry fans.Wonder what they think about this?
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:19 PM (r/0kC)
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With Europe ruining its manufacturing competitiveness over climate-induced energy costs, importing a whole lot of unusable labor whose culture causes the useful ones to flee, we are in a pretty good position industrially over the next decade if we get some trade and energy leadership.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (TppKb)
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Have to wonder if Ms Palin is going to have any role in the Trump-a-thon. Any thoughts [keep it clean, you guys!]
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (VHGGJ)
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"No matter if the science of global warming is all phony...climate change provides the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world.
This is the leftist mindset in one sentence. The really don't care about the phony cause they're promoting. It's really about about pushing their agenda and the power they get through it
This is the leftist mindset in one sentence. The really don't care about the phony cause they're promoting. It's really about about pushing their agenda and the power they get through it
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (493sH)
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My prog friend is so retarded. Discussing this appointment last night he said he gets all his power from wind and solar. When I explained to him it was just an accounting trick and that he gets his power from gas and coal when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing he corrected me and said they stored it in batteries for such times.
Now this guy is on the high end for intelligence but like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
Now this guy is on the high end for intelligence but like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (nrnR5)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (ATVNj)
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Perry was definitely my first choice for president: executive experience, was able to face down the left at their most hysterical, etc. He just fizzled out badly. At least as president he'd be in an executive position to help his state out, but as an agency head?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (39g3+)
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I am so happy that my life is not going to be dominated by idiots who believe their elected position is first and foremost about social justice.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (/tuJf)
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It did not take long for Little Marco to stick his plastic ass back in Big Daddy McCain's arms....re: 'concerns' about T Rex.
Posted by: !Deplorable Lives Matter! at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (EwxJy)
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University of Pennsylvania, until all of Michael Mann's documents are turned over to the DoE.
Time to expose this bullshit at the source.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (Zs4uk)
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Agreed (and Mark Steyn gives a big thumbs-up) but with one small correction. I think you mean Penn State and/or UVa.
Time to expose this bullshit at the source.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (Zs4uk)
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Agreed (and Mark Steyn gives a big thumbs-up) but with one small correction. I think you mean Penn State and/or UVa.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (LISuA)
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...pretty sure the present governor of TX won't be on "Dancin' with the Stars"...-too soon?
Posted by: pahound at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (aUOh9)
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I remember a few years back when erg showed up in a thread and proclaimed, straight-up, that AGW was all about redistribution of the world's wealth.
I was surprised to hear such an admission. But the Left has never really disguised what it was doing, so perhaps I ought to have known better.
I was surprised to hear such an admission. But the Left has never really disguised what it was doing, so perhaps I ought to have known better.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (jCvFX)
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How long before the dems and rinos bring up the 'rock' at the gate?
Posted by: Eromero at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (zLDYs)
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Wind powered coal mines?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (eZ0Cd)
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British leftist were also aghast at the fact that Nigel Farage would lead a campaign that would result in the loss of his own job.
That's because leftists love increases in government power, especially when they personally benefit by having a nice cushy bureaucratic job. Holding power and seeking to reduce that power is incomprehensible to them.
They would have thought Washington was insane when he returned to Mount Vernon rather than making himself king for life.
That's because leftists love increases in government power, especially when they personally benefit by having a nice cushy bureaucratic job. Holding power and seeking to reduce that power is incomprehensible to them.
They would have thought Washington was insane when he returned to Mount Vernon rather than making himself king for life.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (u0lmX)
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but has also seen domestic production of oil explode
seen it, from a distance, despite the best efforts of the department.
seen it, from a distance, despite the best efforts of the department.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (0F67M)
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (qUNWi)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (39g3+)
Don't worry, I've got this. I'm poppin' wheelies in the Statehouse.
Don't worry, I've got this. I'm poppin' wheelies in the Statehouse.
Posted by: Greg Abbott at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (hJamr)
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I seem to recall we had some NeverTrumpers who were big Perry fans.Wonder what they think about this?
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NeverTrumpers are sociopaths who cannot ever admit they are wrong. They are still waiting for Trump to step down and appoint Hillary as his replacement so their precious hatred of Trump is finally validated.
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NeverTrumpers are sociopaths who cannot ever admit they are wrong. They are still waiting for Trump to step down and appoint Hillary as his replacement so their precious hatred of Trump is finally validated.
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (e4QWB)
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78 It did not take long for Little Marco to stick his plastic ass back in Big Daddy McCain's arms....re: 'concerns' about T Rex.
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It's almost like he failed to learn a goddamn thing from his last whoopin'
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It's almost like he failed to learn a goddamn thing from his last whoopin'
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (LISuA)
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at my job at a middle school.
We had three Christmas luncheons here. One for each grade level. I was able to go to each one.
I think that was a mistake.
We had three Christmas luncheons here. One for each grade level. I was able to go to each one.
I think that was a mistake.
Posted by: Blanco (Step brother to Tuco) at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (tGBt6)
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69 I seem to recall we had some NeverTrumpers who were big Perry fans.Wonder what they think about this?
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:19 PM (r/0kC)
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Probably the same thing they think about Cruz. Disappointed that he isn't the man they thought he was. They remain committed to #NeverTrump, even if their political avatars change their minds.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:19 PM (r/0kC)
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Probably the same thing they think about Cruz. Disappointed that he isn't the man they thought he was. They remain committed to #NeverTrump, even if their political avatars change their minds.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (R+30W)
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71 Have to wonder if Ms Palin is going to have any role in the Trump-a-thon. Any thoughts [keep it clean, you guys!]
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (VHGGJ)
It would be a fucking shame if Trump didn't use the opportunity to appoint Palin to some position that has the maximum amount of power over liberals.
Maybe on the Federal Communications Commission overseeing the networks and Hollywood.
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (VHGGJ)
It would be a fucking shame if Trump didn't use the opportunity to appoint Palin to some position that has the maximum amount of power over liberals.
Maybe on the Federal Communications Commission overseeing the networks and Hollywood.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (Zs4uk)
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...I'd kind of think we'd all be better off if he stayed as governor. At least the people of his state would be. Don't get me wrong, I like him but he's doing good work there. Who's likely to replace him?
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Pretty sure he was term-limited as Governor some time ago.
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Pretty sure he was term-limited as Governor some time ago.
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (7HtZB)
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And I hope Perry fires every last mofo in the DOE who thinks they're too important to answer questions about whether or not they've been attending conferences on the AGW scam. That would make knees turn to water all over DC and is exactly the kind of hard-ass dealing we need right now.
We need Negan in the DOE.
We need Negan in the DOE.
Posted by: gapoz at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (thyJJ)
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I listened to Levin on my drive home from Dallas last night; I can only take him in little doses.
He replayed a caller from the DOE from a few years back. Again, I think Levin is kind of an ass, even when he makes good points.
But the thought of that gloating DOE schmuck and his 4 day French work weeks having to answer to Perry now is truly a beautiful thing.
He replayed a caller from the DOE from a few years back. Again, I think Levin is kind of an ass, even when he makes good points.
But the thought of that gloating DOE schmuck and his 4 day French work weeks having to answer to Perry now is truly a beautiful thing.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (yL25O)
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71 Have to wonder if Ms Palin is going to have any role in the Trump-a-thon. Any thoughts [keep it clean, you guys!]
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (VHGGJ)
She came out against the Carrier deal, so maybe not.
Posted by: geezer der mensch at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (VHGGJ)
She came out against the Carrier deal, so maybe not.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (u0lmX)
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I am so happy that my life is not going to be dominated by idiots who believe their elected position is first and foremost about social justice.
Hopefully, for a few years at least.
Hopefully, for a few years at least.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (39g3+)
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Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted 'Submissive' Russian Women
I eagerly await the arrival of "Russian Mail Brides Quarterly" in the mail so that I can claim the free submissive and drop-dead gorgeous mistress that DJT promised to each and every one of his male voters.
Gotta keep Mrs. Krebs from accidentally finding it before me, though.
Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted 'Submissive' Russian Women
I eagerly await the arrival of "Russian Mail Brides Quarterly" in the mail so that I can claim the free submissive and drop-dead gorgeous mistress that DJT promised to each and every one of his male voters.
Gotta keep Mrs. Krebs from accidentally finding it before me, though.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (BK3ZS)
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80 ...pretty sure the present governor of TX won't be on "Dancin' with the Stars"...-too soon?
Posted by: pahound at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (aUOh9)
Don't tell him that because he doesn't like to be told there is something he can't do.
Posted by: pahound at December 14, 2016 01:21 PM (aUOh9)
Don't tell him that because he doesn't like to be told there is something he can't do.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (/wcVO)
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I think the single greatest step the incoming Trump administration could do is to restore the purpose of the federal inspector generals for each department and agency. Honest IGs were hounded out of the service by the Obamanauts.
A good start would be a state of the Department/Agency report as of January 1, 2017 from each IG.
A good start would be a state of the Department/Agency report as of January 1, 2017 from each IG.
Posted by: mrp at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (JBggj)
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...like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (nFwvY)
The latest post on my blog is about this. Actually, the post links to another blog that talks about it. Anyway, you're spot on.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (nFwvY)
The latest post on my blog is about this. Actually, the post links to another blog that talks about it. Anyway, you're spot on.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (uiwCw)
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Pretty sure he was term-limited as Governor some time ago.
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (7HtZB)
Greg Abbot is our governor, former AG.
No one has sued the Feds more than Abbot.
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (7HtZB)
Greg Abbot is our governor, former AG.
No one has sued the Feds more than Abbot.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (yL25O)
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Which individual did the most to save the whales?
John D. Rockefeller, who had his early success with kerosene for lamps, which greatly reduced demand for whale oil.
Which individual did the most to reduce global emissions?
George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 -- July 26, 2013), the father of fracking. I doubt that one in hundred Americans know his name.
John D. Rockefeller, who had his early success with kerosene for lamps, which greatly reduced demand for whale oil.
Which individual did the most to reduce global emissions?
George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 -- July 26, 2013), the father of fracking. I doubt that one in hundred Americans know his name.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (SIY7D)
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>> The day after the election, the Trump administration
>> needs to totally eliminate any aid, contracts or
>> support for the University of Pennsylvania, until all
>> of Michael Mann's documents are turned over to the
>> DoE.
Was Penn the one holding out? I thought it was UVA that was playing nasty.
Regardless, if Bannon or anyone else tight with Trump and his Education people see this: exert some leverage to make the Mann v Steyn suit shits or gets off the pot, and ensure that any agency, university, etc. that gets $0.01 in Federal money complies with discovery.
>> needs to totally eliminate any aid, contracts or
>> support for the University of Pennsylvania, until all
>> of Michael Mann's documents are turned over to the
>> DoE.
Was Penn the one holding out? I thought it was UVA that was playing nasty.
Regardless, if Bannon or anyone else tight with Trump and his Education people see this: exert some leverage to make the Mann v Steyn suit shits or gets off the pot, and ensure that any agency, university, etc. that gets $0.01 in Federal money complies with discovery.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (TppKb)
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My schadenboner developed its own schadenboner and both are now downtown getting into bar fights.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (jCvFX)
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They remain committed to #NeverTrump, even if their political avatars change their minds.
Some of them yeah, its not even so much about Trump as it is a sort of mania. Its really disappointing seeing it happen, because some of them are people I really liked before this election.
Some of them yeah, its not even so much about Trump as it is a sort of mania. Its really disappointing seeing it happen, because some of them are people I really liked before this election.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (39g3+)
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NeverTrumpers who were big Perry fans.Wonder what they think about this?
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They will magically appear when they have picked up sufficient sanctimonious grudge-crumbs to form a complete 'SEE? I told ya so!'.
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They will magically appear when they have picked up sufficient sanctimonious grudge-crumbs to form a complete 'SEE? I told ya so!'.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (toH8T)
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said they stored it in batteries for such times.
Now this guy is on the high end for intelligence but like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
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Ask him where those giant battery fields are located...
Now this guy is on the high end for intelligence but like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
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Ask him where those giant battery fields are located...
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (LISuA)
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98
Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted 'Submissive' Russian Women"
I am not submissive woman. I give Boris big kick in balls whenever he lets moose and squirrel get away.
Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted 'Submissive' Russian Women"
I am not submissive woman. I give Boris big kick in balls whenever he lets moose and squirrel get away.
Posted by: Natasha Fatale at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (u0lmX)
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>> Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted
>> 'Submissive' Russian Women
That writer doesn't know Russian women very well.
>> 'Submissive' Russian Women
That writer doesn't know Russian women very well.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (TppKb)
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One of DEMs' problems:
Their base cares passionately about "climate change" issue that most Americans either DON'T care about at all, OR about which they disagree with DEM orthodoxy.
AGM climate change may be rubbish, but it was useful in turning blue states red (WV), or purple (PA).
During the DEM primary, HRC & the ole Socialist got more questions about climate change than anything else, it seemed like.
Their base cares passionately about "climate change" issue that most Americans either DON'T care about at all, OR about which they disagree with DEM orthodoxy.
AGM climate change may be rubbish, but it was useful in turning blue states red (WV), or purple (PA).
During the DEM primary, HRC & the ole Socialist got more questions about climate change than anything else, it seemed like.
Posted by: mnw at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (EoZOL)
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I think the single greatest step the incoming Trump administration could do is to restore the purpose of the federal inspector generals for each department and agency. Honest IGs were hounded out of the service by the Obamanauts.
I think they are still there, but are hounded into shutting up, because they can't get anything done, and when they try, they get crushed.
By the way, I was thinking of Walker, not Perry. Perry is fine in an agency, he's done in Texas. I want Walker to stay where he is, despite being a great guy who could do great things in higher office.
I think they are still there, but are hounded into shutting up, because they can't get anything done, and when they try, they get crushed.
By the way, I was thinking of Walker, not Perry. Perry is fine in an agency, he's done in Texas. I want Walker to stay where he is, despite being a great guy who could do great things in higher office.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (39g3+)
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80 ...pretty sure the present governor of TX won't be on "Dancin' with the Stars"...-too soon?
Lol. He'd win. Or they would be racist against the disabled.
80 ...pretty sure the present governor of TX won't be on "Dancin' with the Stars"...-too soon?
Lol. He'd win. Or they would be racist against the disabled.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (nFwvY)
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We had three Christmas luncheons here. One for each grade level. I was able to go to each one.
"Luncheon" is such a pleasant word.
Luncheon.
"Luncheon" is such a pleasant word.
Luncheon.
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (qUNWi)
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University of Pennsylvania, until all of Michael Mann's documents are turned over to the DoE.
Penn State not UPenn, so they really just need to move him to the athletic dept.
Penn State not UPenn, so they really just need to move him to the athletic dept.
Posted by: DaveA at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (8J/Te)
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79 University of Pennsylvania, until all of Michael Mann's documents are turned over to the DoE.
Time to expose this bullshit at the source.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (Zs4uk)
Penn State, but yes.
Time to expose this bullshit at the source.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:18 PM (Zs4uk)
Penn State, but yes.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (yL25O)
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Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 14, 2016 01:23 PM (u0lmX)
Never was a Palin supporter but my respect for her went up tremendously and definitely reconsidering my past position.
Never was a Palin supporter but my respect for her went up tremendously and definitely reconsidering my past position.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (/wcVO)
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...for the record; I absolutely love the guy. Just couldn't resist the "tee'd-up" ball...
Posted by: pahound at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (aUOh9)
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Betting Rick Perry drills Mother Earth like she's a needy Cuban whore......1 dollar gas just over the horizon.
Posted by: !Deplorable Lives Matter! at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (EwxJy)
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because some of them are people I really liked before this election.
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Trump tore off a lot of masks in this election, for which I will always be grateful.
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Trump tore off a lot of masks in this election, for which I will always be grateful.
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (e4QWB)
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I remember a few years back when erg showed up in a thread and proclaimed, straight-up, that AGW was all about redistribution of the world's wealth.
That's definitely true about the politicians and academics that are behind it. I think most of the scientists are just about the sweet, sweet grant money and oil cash. And I think a lot of the just folks are ignorant and frightened.
That's definitely true about the politicians and academics that are behind it. I think most of the scientists are just about the sweet, sweet grant money and oil cash. And I think a lot of the just folks are ignorant and frightened.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (39g3+)
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I'm still relevant. Really.
Posted by: Unprecedented POTUS at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (zMnVK)
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>> My schadenboner developed its own schadenboner
>> and both are now downtown getting into bar fights.
The Saturn V of schadenboners?
>> and both are now downtown getting into bar fights.
The Saturn V of schadenboners?
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (TppKb)
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Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted 'Submissive' Russian Women
Damn, they know us so well. The only reason I voted for Trump was because Putin told me if I helped hack the election he ship me Olga who is very submissive.
Damn, they know us so well. The only reason I voted for Trump was because Putin told me if I helped hack the election he ship me Olga who is very submissive.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (493sH)
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A cousin of mine married a Russian woman. Very petite and pretty, but I certainly would not call her "submissive."
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (u0lmX)
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Is the ability to vomit live snakes crucial in a Secretary of Energy?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (eZ0Cd)
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And yeah, definitely they need to move on Michael "Piltdown" Mann for destroying documents instead of surrendering them to FOIA requests. They have enough on him to take action, but haven't because leftists in charge.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (39g3+)
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Betting Rick Perry drills Mother Earth like she's a needy Cuban whore......1 dollar gas just over the horizon.
Posted by: !Deplorable Lives Matter! at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (EwxJy)
Every where but in CA I bet. We are still at $3/gallon right now and enviros think that is way too cheap.
Betting Rick Perry drills Mother Earth like she's a needy Cuban whore......1 dollar gas just over the horizon.
Posted by: !Deplorable Lives Matter! at December 14, 2016 01:27 PM (EwxJy)
Every where but in CA I bet. We are still at $3/gallon right now and enviros think that is way too cheap.
Posted by: IC at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (a0IVu)
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Ask him where those giant battery fields are located...
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (LISuA)
And the amounts of energy consumed, the chemicals and metals used (and where they come from) during manufacture and distribution, and the toxicity involved during disposal of batteries.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (LISuA)
And the amounts of energy consumed, the chemicals and metals used (and where they come from) during manufacture and distribution, and the toxicity involved during disposal of batteries.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (uiwCw)
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"Vanity Fair: Angry White Trump Voters Wanted 'Submissive' Russian Women"
Seriously, how can The Onion compete?
Seriously, how can The Onion compete?
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2016 01:28 PM (qUNWi)
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I still think there is a 50/50 chance that Trump will be good for conservatives in the long run. Maybe I'm sliding toward 60/40, because Trump is not insane and sanity mostly produces conservatism, but I'm prepared to be deeply disappointed in many ways.
But, since Hillary was 0/100, it was no choice at all.
But, since Hillary was 0/100, it was no choice at all.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:29 PM (0F67M)
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They should mine the coal until West Virginia is a flat plain well below sea level.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 14, 2016 01:29 PM (eZ0Cd)
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>> That's definitely true about the politicians and
>> academics that are behind it. I think most of the
>> scientists are just about the sweet, sweet grant
>> money and oil cash. And I think a lot of the just
>> folks are ignorant and frightened.
There's a whole lot of 'scientists' in the field who have realized that, hey, I'm a whore and the only way to pay the mortgage is to take it up the ass.
>> academics that are behind it. I think most of the
>> scientists are just about the sweet, sweet grant
>> money and oil cash. And I think a lot of the just
>> folks are ignorant and frightened.
There's a whole lot of 'scientists' in the field who have realized that, hey, I'm a whore and the only way to pay the mortgage is to take it up the ass.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (TppKb)
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I'd have to go back and look at the budget tables, but back when I was an analyst for DOE (not in the DOE, at a commercial contractor) MOST of the budget for DOE was nuclear weapons and their legacy - Defense Nuclear facilities.
If I recall the numbers correctly, 90% of the DOE budget was in that pot. Another 5% was in education - basically funding science programs in schools. And when it came to "energy" like the production of it, it was a little teeny tiny sliver of the budget.
Now, I know that the non-Defense stuff has gotten larger, those grants to Solyndra and stuff were in the half-billion dollar range which all by itself is more than what DOE had for the entire renewable energy business. Now I am curious, I wonder what they really are, but I am quite sure that the Defense stuff is still the majority.
In reality, DoE should be disbanded because it isn't what everybody thinks it is. But a lot of what it does will still need to be done.
If I recall the numbers correctly, 90% of the DOE budget was in that pot. Another 5% was in education - basically funding science programs in schools. And when it came to "energy" like the production of it, it was a little teeny tiny sliver of the budget.
Now, I know that the non-Defense stuff has gotten larger, those grants to Solyndra and stuff were in the half-billion dollar range which all by itself is more than what DOE had for the entire renewable energy business. Now I am curious, I wonder what they really are, but I am quite sure that the Defense stuff is still the majority.
In reality, DoE should be disbanded because it isn't what everybody thinks it is. But a lot of what it does will still need to be done.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (tewYv)
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My prog friend is so retarded. Discussing this appointment last night he said he gets all his power from wind and solar. When I explained to him it was just an accounting trick and that he gets his power from gas and coal when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing he corrected me and said they stored it in batteries for such times.
Now this guy is on the high end for intelligence but like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (nFwvY)
I don't know that profound is the right word to use there; perhaps wilful would be more appropriate?
We live in an era where information is incredibly easy to access. History... science... chemistry... hobbies... all available swiftly and easily, with any number of specialists out there on the internet, happy to share their knowledge and explain why a thing works the way it does, ranging from electrical specialists to chemistry majors to barrel racing champions, with their own sites, Youtube channels, all kinds of things.
In this era, with so much knowledge available, isn't it really just a choice a person makes, to not avail themselves of such an array of information? It's easier to remain ignorant... more popular, too.
Remember the diagram from a few years back, I think it was a Chicago newspaper... a diagram of an AR-15, with the front shoulder strap latch being labeled "grenade launcher attachment". When corrected, folks puffed themselves up and said that they were proud to not know about such things... because, in their tribe, some kinds of ignorance are a moral virtue.
It's quite something to see in daily life, among folks you may know; unsettling sure, but remarkable in many ways.
Now this guy is on the high end for intelligence but like most progs profoundly ignorant and uneducated about how things actually work.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at December 14, 2016 01:20 PM (nFwvY)
I don't know that profound is the right word to use there; perhaps wilful would be more appropriate?
We live in an era where information is incredibly easy to access. History... science... chemistry... hobbies... all available swiftly and easily, with any number of specialists out there on the internet, happy to share their knowledge and explain why a thing works the way it does, ranging from electrical specialists to chemistry majors to barrel racing champions, with their own sites, Youtube channels, all kinds of things.
In this era, with so much knowledge available, isn't it really just a choice a person makes, to not avail themselves of such an array of information? It's easier to remain ignorant... more popular, too.
Remember the diagram from a few years back, I think it was a Chicago newspaper... a diagram of an AR-15, with the front shoulder strap latch being labeled "grenade launcher attachment". When corrected, folks puffed themselves up and said that they were proud to not know about such things... because, in their tribe, some kinds of ignorance are a moral virtue.
It's quite something to see in daily life, among folks you may know; unsettling sure, but remarkable in many ways.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (6JL3d)
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George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 -- July 26, 2013), the father of fracking. I doubt that one in hundred Americans know his name.
Posted by: Ignoramus
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He worked in downtown Houston, I used to see him at lunch often. You would never know he was a multimillionaire by his outfit or habits.
Posted by: Ignoramus
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He worked in downtown Houston, I used to see him at lunch often. You would never know he was a multimillionaire by his outfit or habits.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (7ZVPa)
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What I want to know if is Perry will get the rules changed about carrying in Federal buildings. Pretty sure he's packing all the time.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (yL25O)
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Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:24 PM (SIY7D
Everyone in Houston knows his name though he's more well known among the LIV here for creating The Woodlands .
Everyone in Houston knows his name though he's more well known among the LIV here for creating The Woodlands .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (/wcVO)
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I would like to see Rick make the DoE as inconsequential to my life as possible.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (0F67M)
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Penn State not UPenn, so they really just need to move him to the athletic dept.
Posted by: DaveA at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (8J/Te)
If only they would invent some electronic device that I could check facts with...
Posted by: DaveA at December 14, 2016 01:26 PM (8J/Te)
If only they would invent some electronic device that I could check facts with...
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (Zs4uk)
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Most of my research indicates I wanted women from Prague or Hungary.
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (5kqPn)
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Hilariously, the WaPo was up in arms yesterday that the Trump transition team (chaotic though they previously described it) was now burrowing down into DOE to identify the AGW ideological zealots.
"This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists.
They just don't get it, do they? It hasn't even started yet, you dumbfucks.
"This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists.
They just don't get it, do they? It hasn't even started yet, you dumbfucks.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:31 PM (LISuA)
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Stand back!
Make room for another
HATE CRIME!!!
http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-92107183/
Cops: Man faked 'KKK' hate crime, own kidnapping after lighting car on fire
"Police say a Volusia County man faked a hate crime, set his ex-girlfriend's car on fire and then staged his own abduction to throw off detectives.
Vincent Palmer, 27, told detectives he taped a note with racial slurs and the words "KKK" and "Trump" written on it to his ex-girlfriend's mailbox early Saturday before throwing a brick through her car window and dousing the back seat in gasoline because they were having problems over the custody of their children"
Make room for another
HATE CRIME!!!
http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-92107183/
Cops: Man faked 'KKK' hate crime, own kidnapping after lighting car on fire
"Police say a Volusia County man faked a hate crime, set his ex-girlfriend's car on fire and then staged his own abduction to throw off detectives.
Vincent Palmer, 27, told detectives he taped a note with racial slurs and the words "KKK" and "Trump" written on it to his ex-girlfriend's mailbox early Saturday before throwing a brick through her car window and dousing the back seat in gasoline because they were having problems over the custody of their children"
Posted by: zombie at December 14, 2016 01:31 PM (jBuUi)
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142 Most of my research indicates I wanted women from Prague or Hungary.
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I claim Ukraine. Especially, the twins of Ukraine.
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I claim Ukraine. Especially, the twins of Ukraine.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:31 PM (LISuA)
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Heh....submissive Russian women.....
That writer doesn't know Russians.
Or women, for that matter.
That writer doesn't know Russians.
Or women, for that matter.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at December 14, 2016 01:32 PM (veBHJ)
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When I explained to him it was just an accounting trick and that he gets his power from gas and coal when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing he corrected me and said they stored it in batteries for such times.
Why did you lie to him?
The excess energy goes to growing food to feed metric shit-tons of underwear gnomes, who are rounded up, stacked and burned by the cordful whenever the wind or solar sources cannot keep up with demand.
When I explained to him it was just an accounting trick and that he gets his power from gas and coal when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing he corrected me and said they stored it in batteries for such times.
Why did you lie to him?
The excess energy goes to growing food to feed metric shit-tons of underwear gnomes, who are rounded up, stacked and burned by the cordful whenever the wind or solar sources cannot keep up with demand.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 14, 2016 01:32 PM (BK3ZS)
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And I'm guess those batteries and big ass battery farms weren't mined and constructed using wind and solar. Funny how that works.
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at December 14, 2016 01:32 PM (5kqPn)
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>> Every where but in CA I bet. We are still at
>> $3/gallon right now and enviros think that is way
>> too cheap.
I'm sure there's commerce-clause rationale for applying tentacles to Jerry Brown and the CA legislature.
>> $3/gallon right now and enviros think that is way
>> too cheap.
I'm sure there's commerce-clause rationale for applying tentacles to Jerry Brown and the CA legislature.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:32 PM (TppKb)
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Very petite and pretty, but I certainly would not call her "submissive."
The myth of the submissive woman is one of the most pernicious in our culture. She's a unicorn. No such animal.
The myth of the submissive woman is one of the most pernicious in our culture. She's a unicorn. No such animal.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:33 PM (39g3+)
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Nearly every sentence, of every "story", contains distortion and false frameworks. That is how we get an ignorant, dumbed-down country (mostly the "educated" sorts) like we have today.
From the article: "a nod to the traditional GOP emphasis on energy sources like coal and oil."
Energy sources "like coal and oil". You know, ACTUAL energy sources. The ones that have built and still make possible almost every material aspect of our society and economic reality.
Imagine:
"traditional GOP emphasis on sources of fish, like the oceans"
"traditional GOP emphasis on sources of food, like agriculture"
"traditional GOP emphasis on resources for steel, like iron"
Not that excited by Perry's appointment, looking forward to being happily surprised. This is an area that really needs some radical china-breaking.
With vituperative smack-downs and ridicule of the scientific and economic illiteracy that cripples so much of the "elite" and populace.
From the article: "a nod to the traditional GOP emphasis on energy sources like coal and oil."
Energy sources "like coal and oil". You know, ACTUAL energy sources. The ones that have built and still make possible almost every material aspect of our society and economic reality.
Imagine:
"traditional GOP emphasis on sources of fish, like the oceans"
"traditional GOP emphasis on sources of food, like agriculture"
"traditional GOP emphasis on resources for steel, like iron"
Not that excited by Perry's appointment, looking forward to being happily surprised. This is an area that really needs some radical china-breaking.
With vituperative smack-downs and ridicule of the scientific and economic illiteracy that cripples so much of the "elite" and populace.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 14, 2016 01:33 PM (QDnY+)
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I eagerly await the arrival of "Russian Mail Brides Quarterly" in the
mail so that I can claim the free submissive and drop-dead gorgeous
mistress that DJT promised to each and every one of his male voters.
Well, it can't end any worse than Madonna's promise to male Clinton voters has.
Miss me yet?
mail so that I can claim the free submissive and drop-dead gorgeous
mistress that DJT promised to each and every one of his male voters.
Well, it can't end any worse than Madonna's promise to male Clinton voters has.
Miss me yet?
Posted by: Jeb! at December 14, 2016 01:33 PM (DMUuz)
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In reality, DoE should be disbanded because it isn't what everybody thinks it is. But a lot of what it does will still need to be done.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (tewYv)
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Reorg! It's always great to reorg.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (tewYv)
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Reorg! It's always great to reorg.
Posted by: Corporate America at December 14, 2016 01:34 PM (LISuA)
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Asian women still follow a culture of submissiveness.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:34 PM (/wcVO)
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... there are fields, vast fields, where gnomes are no longer born, they are grown ..
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:34 PM (0F67M)
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Jim Brown has no patience with race baiting twit on CNN:
"I have lived my whole life in America and I've seen discrimination at its worst.
"When I come out of the box, I don't come out as racial. I look for good people, people who will be like-minded and will help me."
https://youtu.be/P75Au1GgdxA
Not stated "you ignorant slut"
"I have lived my whole life in America and I've seen discrimination at its worst.
"When I come out of the box, I don't come out as racial. I look for good people, people who will be like-minded and will help me."
https://youtu.be/P75Au1GgdxA
Not stated "you ignorant slut"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (39g3+)
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Oh good Lord they have taken to using Gaylord's Newspeak to write budget documents. Reading the budget summary for DoE it is just a bunch of liberal arglebargle. I need to get to the tables with the numbers to figure out exactly what they are doing.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (tewYv)
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I'd like to see Perry pull a Dave Chapelle and walk into the DOE and announce "I'm Rick Perry, bitch!".
Sort of set the tone.
Sort of set the tone.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (TppKb)
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Posted by: zombie at December 14, 2016 01:31 PM (jBuUi)
something tells me that they will forget to remove this and others like it from the list the left is eagerly compiling of "trump inspired hate crimes"
something tells me that they will forget to remove this and others like it from the list the left is eagerly compiling of "trump inspired hate crimes"
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (WGxp4)
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Wind and solar are not energy sources. Every installation of either kind requires more energy to create, install and maintain than it will ever produce. That doesn't even count the energy produced to compensate for frequent lack of actual wind to turn the blades, much less clouds and night.
Posted by: Gundo at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (yOf5u)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at December 14, 2016 01:36 PM (PeNEi)
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>>"This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists.
They just don't get it, do they? It hasn't even started yet, you dumbfucks.
They also don't get that they are *government employees* - and Trump is the new CEO. But then, why would they understand this, since they've likely been sheltered in cushy govt. jobs w/minimal accountability for their entire careers.
They just don't get it, do they? It hasn't even started yet, you dumbfucks.
They also don't get that they are *government employees* - and Trump is the new CEO. But then, why would they understand this, since they've likely been sheltered in cushy govt. jobs w/minimal accountability for their entire careers.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:36 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:36 PM (/wcVO)
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>> "I'm Rick Perry, bitch!".
"Thank you all for coming out today. Turn to the left, and shake that person's hand. Wish them well in their new career, whatever it is, outside of government."
"Thank you all for coming out today. Turn to the left, and shake that person's hand. Wish them well in their new career, whatever it is, outside of government."
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:36 PM (TppKb)
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If only they would invent some electronic device that I could check facts with...
Why would you need one when you have Morons?
There's three already although so far only my one sodomy joke.
3 younger sibs and 2 nephew Nittany Lions makes me a terrible Pitt Panthers Alumni.
Why would you need one when you have Morons?
There's three already although so far only my one sodomy joke.
3 younger sibs and 2 nephew Nittany Lions makes me a terrible Pitt Panthers Alumni.
Posted by: DaveA at December 14, 2016 01:36 PM (8J/Te)
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As to the request to give him the names of everyone who attended any global warming conference:
You know, I think this means they're refusing to comply with a reasonable, legitimate request from a superior?
I believe that is . . . permitted grounds for termination--union or not.
You guys keep fighting the mean denier man, you hear!!
You know, I think this means they're refusing to comply with a reasonable, legitimate request from a superior?
I believe that is . . . permitted grounds for termination--union or not.
You guys keep fighting the mean denier man, you hear!!
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 14, 2016 01:36 PM (e2Rx3)
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Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
Posted by: Box at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (0F67M)
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What I want to know if is Perry will get the rules
changed about carrying in Federal buildings. Pretty sure he's packing
all the time.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM
There was a commemorative Ruger LCP "coyote special" made in his honor.
changed about carrying in Federal buildings. Pretty sure he's packing
all the time.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM
There was a commemorative Ruger LCP "coyote special" made in his honor.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (DMUuz)
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...if i recall my "ute" correctly; most of those "submissive" Russian lasses were immigrating in the mid '80's-to perform in the "arts" i believe. Specifically- ballet. I remrember the shiny poles and Van Halen...
Posted by: pahound at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (aUOh9)
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I'm loving Jim Brown right now.So sad when he dies at the end of The Dirty Dozen.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (r/0kC)
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Asian women still follow a culture of submissiveness.
Ask any Asian man about his wife and see how submissive she is.
I'm not kidding here, ask any of them. They turn from that giggling cutie hiding her mouth with her hand to a very different woman when they are married. Its more like the women in that Hmong household in Gran Torino. I know a bunch.
Ask any Asian man about his wife and see how submissive she is.
I'm not kidding here, ask any of them. They turn from that giggling cutie hiding her mouth with her hand to a very different woman when they are married. Its more like the women in that Hmong household in Gran Torino. I know a bunch.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+)
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"This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists.
Pissing of the right people is...it's like the fragrant aroma of an acceptable sacrifice in the old Testament.
Pissing of the right people is...it's like the fragrant aroma of an acceptable sacrifice in the old Testament.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (yL25O)
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It did not take long for Little Marco to stick his plastic ass back in Big Daddy McCain's arms....re: 'concerns' about T Rex.
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It's almost like he failed to learn a goddamn thing from his last whoopin'
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (LISuA)
What whoopin'? Oh, sure, he had his Hispandering ass handed to him in the primaries, but he still won reelection.
All he cares about is that his phony, rent-seeking ass is ensconced in DC. You Trumpkin sister-screwers have no lever to pry him loose. Or so he thinks.
Asshole ought to be crouched outside an overflowing toxic waste pipe looking for clean-ish baby wipes he can resell to bums as finger napkins.
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It's almost like he failed to learn a goddamn thing from his last whoopin'
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:22 PM (LISuA)
What whoopin'? Oh, sure, he had his Hispandering ass handed to him in the primaries, but he still won reelection.
All he cares about is that his phony, rent-seeking ass is ensconced in DC. You Trumpkin sister-screwers have no lever to pry him loose. Or so he thinks.
Asshole ought to be crouched outside an overflowing toxic waste pipe looking for clean-ish baby wipes he can resell to bums as finger napkins.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (X6fMO)
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154. In public, yes. But they rule their households.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (veBHJ)
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"This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists.
They just don't get it, do they? It hasn't even started yet, you dumbfucks.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:31 PM (LISuA)
This made me laugh and...shwiiiing!!!
"This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists.
They just don't get it, do they? It hasn't even started yet, you dumbfucks.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:31 PM (LISuA)
This made me laugh and...shwiiiing!!!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I don't care how you cook your Okra..no..just no..' at December 14, 2016 01:38 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:38 PM (TppKb)
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161 Wind and solar are not energy sources. Every installation of either kind requires more energy to create, install and maintain than it will ever produce. That doesn't even count the energy produced to compensate for frequent lack of actual wind to turn the blades, much less clouds and night.
Posted by: Gundo at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (yOf5u)
To see the results of the Wind Power Government intervention...
Drive up Hwy 58, out of Bakersfield, go past Tehachapi to the Desert...
Hundreds and hundreds of NON MOVING DERELICT windmills...
Why? You get a Government funds to put them up, but NOT to fix them when they break...
Place is just downright sad.....
Posted by: Gundo at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (yOf5u)
To see the results of the Wind Power Government intervention...
Drive up Hwy 58, out of Bakersfield, go past Tehachapi to the Desert...
Hundreds and hundreds of NON MOVING DERELICT windmills...
Why? You get a Government funds to put them up, but NOT to fix them when they break...
Place is just downright sad.....
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 01:38 PM (qf6WZ)
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Mentioned the Vanity Fair article to the office at large, and an employee informs me that it is common knowledge that sex trafficking and mail-order brides are the reason why Russian women are considered submissive.
0.o I think at this point there's literally nothing that can be said about Trump or his voters that this person will not justify.
0.o I think at this point there's literally nothing that can be said about Trump or his voters that this person will not justify.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at December 14, 2016 01:38 PM (6JL3d)
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I just want to thank Donald Trump, about who I was very skeptical to start, for making my every day happy and keeping me forever entertained watching the left start to finally fucking get it: we hate their ideology and think they are full of shit, and now we are going to dismantle their mega-government.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:39 PM (LISuA)
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So sad when he dies at the end of The Dirty Dozen.
I just wish they'd given him more to do in the movie. He had great screen presence, and they didn't take advantage of that.
I just wish they'd given him more to do in the movie. He had great screen presence, and they didn't take advantage of that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:40 PM (39g3+)
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16 8 Schadenboner is now self-aware and... polka dancing?
Mine only does The Pogo.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (ul9CR)
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Mine does the limbo ;p
Mine only does The Pogo.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 14, 2016 01:08 PM (ul9CR)
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Mine does the limbo ;p
Posted by: I smell something Rotten at December 14, 2016 01:40 PM (ctO3Z)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+
You need to watch Gran Torino a little closer.
You need to watch Gran Torino a little closer.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (/wcVO)
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The liberal media is aghast at the irony.
I'm not. The most important attribute for the exercise of power is an understanding of the restraint that must be imposed on any exercise of power -- and feeling that a department is kind of bullshit is an excellent start to knowing that restraint.
It should be noted that under Obama, many agencies were perverted, Orwell-like, to perform the exact opposite function of their original mission.
If you want the through line on Trump's Cabinet picks, it's that he is choosing people who will do what the department is ostensibly designed to do.
Labor? Someone who has run a major corporation and knows how to create jobs and foster growth.
State? Someone who has had a job dealing with foreign governments in order to get the best deal for his company.
Interior? Someone who is from the West and who understands the costs and benefits that must be balanced when dealing with national lands.
It's a clear focus on what is that division to do and putting a person in charge of that division whose focus is on getting the best outcome for his employer. It's just that in this case the employer is the citizenry of the United States.
I'm not. The most important attribute for the exercise of power is an understanding of the restraint that must be imposed on any exercise of power -- and feeling that a department is kind of bullshit is an excellent start to knowing that restraint.
It should be noted that under Obama, many agencies were perverted, Orwell-like, to perform the exact opposite function of their original mission.
If you want the through line on Trump's Cabinet picks, it's that he is choosing people who will do what the department is ostensibly designed to do.
Labor? Someone who has run a major corporation and knows how to create jobs and foster growth.
State? Someone who has had a job dealing with foreign governments in order to get the best deal for his company.
Interior? Someone who is from the West and who understands the costs and benefits that must be balanced when dealing with national lands.
It's a clear focus on what is that division to do and putting a person in charge of that division whose focus is on getting the best outcome for his employer. It's just that in this case the employer is the citizenry of the United States.
Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (mf5HN)
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In the future, one hopes, we'll look back on the Age of Trump and wonder how so many Americans could have been so blinded by their politics or racialism that they were willing to look the other way when another country-the same country right-wingers once loved to hate-intervened in our democratic process. We'll shake our heads and wonder aloud at the mindlessness, the treachery, and we'll applaud ourselves for being better now, for knowing that this is not how a truly democratic people acts. Only an ailing people, a people burdened by a sick soul, could be blinded by a sort of, kind of, accidental Manchurian candidate who threatened the future of the republic. Now we know better. Now we're not so vulnerable to the stupidity and vitriol of an earlier time, when Americans forgot who they were and allowed themselves to be co-opted-briefly, terrifyingly-by other people far away in a snowy dark.
I love love love the fact that they haven't learned shit of why they lost.
I love love love the fact that they haven't learned shit of why they lost.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (/D5Lf)
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>> Place is just downright sad.....
I loved it when Trump took on the Palm Springs windmills, that it made the place look like shit.
I loved it when Trump took on the Palm Springs windmills, that it made the place look like shit.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:42 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 14, 2016 01:42 PM (nKLZ2)
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154 Asian women still follow a culture of submissiveness.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:34 PM (/wcVO)
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That lasts only as long as they live in Asia. The second they set foot on that plane headed for the US, everything changes.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:34 PM (/wcVO)
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That lasts only as long as they live in Asia. The second they set foot on that plane headed for the US, everything changes.
Posted by: The Chicken at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (Fmupd)
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL...
no.
Its a popular white guy myth, imagining a hot Asian wife who's all submissive and respectful. Its a wonderful dream, but... no.
no.
Its a popular white guy myth, imagining a hot Asian wife who's all submissive and respectful. Its a wonderful dream, but... no.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (39g3+)
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"I'm loving Jim Brown right now.So sad when he dies at the end of The Dirty Dozen."
Jim Brown was a high school sports star in five sports in tony Long Island Manhasset where his mom was a domestic. Because he was black in the 1950s, he didn't get a college scholarship. A local white businessman paid for his first year at Syracuse.
Jim Brown was a high school sports star in five sports in tony Long Island Manhasset where his mom was a domestic. Because he was black in the 1950s, he didn't get a college scholarship. A local white businessman paid for his first year at Syracuse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (SIY7D)
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I love love love the fact that they haven't learned shit of why they lost.
The Socialist Shining Future is always just a few murders away.
The Socialist Shining Future is always just a few murders away.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (0F67M)
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I love love love the fact that they haven't learned shit of why they lost.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (/D5Lf)
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Now THAT is some nonsense. Grade A. Exquisite. Nonsense.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (/D5Lf)
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Now THAT is some nonsense. Grade A. Exquisite. Nonsense.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (xeeHA)
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Off feathered sock
Posted by: Soona at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (Fmupd)
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154. In public, yes. But they rule their households.
I'd love nothing better than to work more hours, then come home - be nice - and generally be chill because sh's got this shit under control unless it involves tools or power equipment.
I've heard tell that shit used to work that way.
I'd love nothing better than to work more hours, then come home - be nice - and generally be chill because sh's got this shit under control unless it involves tools or power equipment.
I've heard tell that shit used to work that way.
Posted by: SD at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (jeefx)
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154 Asian women still follow a culture of submissiveness.
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You spelled "horrible driving" wrong. It doesn't start with an "s".
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You spelled "horrible driving" wrong. It doesn't start with an "s".
Posted by: Furious George at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (77i7V)
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Cheap energy is one of the best ways to "redistribute the wealth", as opposed to telling everyone "your electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket". And if we produce it all in America, and even export some ... all the better.
$35/brl oil and clean coal will do a lot ... (screw them on scrubbing CO2 from coal fired plants). And microwaving is the new tech I guess, that might make the fracking even more successful in some vast fields.
AGW was not really about wealth distribution, it was about strangling American productivity, and paving the way for the globalist cabal. Trump train is running down their BS blockades to private industry success.
$35/brl oil and clean coal will do a lot ... (screw them on scrubbing CO2 from coal fired plants). And microwaving is the new tech I guess, that might make the fracking even more successful in some vast fields.
AGW was not really about wealth distribution, it was about strangling American productivity, and paving the way for the globalist cabal. Trump train is running down their BS blockades to private industry success.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (pS/eA)
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This can't get better:
The "ex acting CIA Director" Mike Morell, behind the CIA believes Russians hacked the election meme currently in rage?
This moron wrote the infamous Bengazi "talking points!"
And, he currently works for Phillip Reimes, one of Hillary's closest advisors!
Gee, why didn't the media let us know that..ummm...MAJOR ISSUE?
You can't make this up.
The "ex acting CIA Director" Mike Morell, behind the CIA believes Russians hacked the election meme currently in rage?
This moron wrote the infamous Bengazi "talking points!"
And, he currently works for Phillip Reimes, one of Hillary's closest advisors!
Gee, why didn't the media let us know that..ummm...MAJOR ISSUE?
You can't make this up.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (xAAUf)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (nKLZ2)
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189, Its a popular white guy myth, imagining a hot Asian wife who's all submissive and respectful. Its a wonderful dream, but... no.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (39g3+)
Don't know about the hot part, but we are not adverse to traditional roles in a marriage.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (39g3+)
Don't know about the hot part, but we are not adverse to traditional roles in a marriage.
Posted by: IC at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (a0IVu)
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Ask him where those giant battery fields are located...
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (LISuA)
Why, Battery Park, of course. Or in a StarGate.
Ask him where those giant battery fields are located...
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:25 PM (LISuA)
Why, Battery Park, of course. Or in a StarGate.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (BK3ZS)
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you guys, when the GOP wins elections its job is to curate the liberals' priorities in these orwellian admin posts, not actually advance our own beliefs. duh.
Posted by: Joe Inaugurating 45 in DC at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (Lu7X4)
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That was from the We Want Submissive Russian women article.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (/D5Lf)
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Now that the Searchlight Strangler is retiring, can we start using Yucca Mountain, Rick?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
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"I have lived my whole life in America and I've seen discrimination at its worst.
"When I come out of the box, I don't come out as racial. I look for good people, people who will be like-minded and will help me."
https://youtu.be/P75Au1GgdxA
Not stated "you ignorant slut"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (39g3+)
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You'd have to be some kind of especially dumb to start off lecturing Jim Brown, of all people. There's very little he hasn't done (or seen) better, harder and first-er than some suburban twit.
"When I come out of the box, I don't come out as racial. I look for good people, people who will be like-minded and will help me."
https://youtu.be/P75Au1GgdxA
Not stated "you ignorant slut"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:35 PM (39g3+)
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You'd have to be some kind of especially dumb to start off lecturing Jim Brown, of all people. There's very little he hasn't done (or seen) better, harder and first-er than some suburban twit.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (LISuA)
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You'd have to be some kind of especially dumb to start off lecturing Jim Brown, of all people. There's very little he hasn't done (or seen) better, harder and first-er than some suburban twit.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (LISuA)
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Heh, firster. Into the vocabulary you go.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (LISuA)
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Heh, firster. Into the vocabulary you go.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 01:46 PM (xeeHA)
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185 In the future, one hopes, we'll look back on the Age of Trump and wonder how so many Americans could have been so blinded by their politics or racialism that they were willing to look the other way when another country-the same country right-wingers once loved to hate-intervened in our democratic process. We'll shake our heads and wonder aloud at the mindlessness, the treachery, and we'll applaud ourselves for being better now, for knowing that this is not how a truly democratic people acts. Only an ailing people, a people burdened by a sick soul, could be blinded by a sort of, kind of, accidental Manchurian candidate who threatened the future of the republic. Now we know better. Now we're not so vulnerable to the stupidity and vitriol of an earlier time, when Americans forgot who they were and allowed themselves to be co-opted-briefly, terrifyingly-by other people far away in a snowy dark.
I love love love the fact that they haven't learned shit of why they lost.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (/D5Lf)
It was a dark & snowy night....
I love love love the fact that they haven't learned shit of why they lost.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:41 PM (/D5Lf)
It was a dark & snowy night....
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 01:47 PM (7HtZB)
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Because he was black in the 1950s, he didn't get a college scholarship. A local white businessman paid for his first year at Syracuse.
He mentions that guy, along with his coaches, as the men most important and the ones he honors most in his life -- all white.
These older black guys, they know what real discrimination and racism looks like, and its not "having a cabinet without any black faces in it."
Meanwhile, Trump is on pace to have more women in his cabinet than any previous president (assuming all of them are confirmed). The media doesn't really want to talk about that, though.
He mentions that guy, along with his coaches, as the men most important and the ones he honors most in his life -- all white.
These older black guys, they know what real discrimination and racism looks like, and its not "having a cabinet without any black faces in it."
Meanwhile, Trump is on pace to have more women in his cabinet than any previous president (assuming all of them are confirmed). The media doesn't really want to talk about that, though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:47 PM (39g3+)
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42
Who knew I was on thin ice?
Posted by: Zamboni Alan Thicke at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (zMnVK)
FIFY!
Of course on the other side of the red line, mama does not want me to play in my beer league. Few discussions are wins for me, playing hockey is one.
Who knew I was on thin ice?
Posted by: Zamboni Alan Thicke at December 14, 2016 01:14 PM (zMnVK)
FIFY!
Of course on the other side of the red line, mama does not want me to play in my beer league. Few discussions are wins for me, playing hockey is one.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at December 14, 2016 01:47 PM (7N6ox)
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Can Trump next appoint someone to be in charge of get-the-fuck-out-of-the-left-lane?
He will then have achieved all I have hoped for in his first term.
He will then have achieved all I have hoped for in his first term.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:47 PM (LISuA)
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203 Now that the Searchlight Strangler is retiring, can we start using Yucca Mountain, Rick?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
And can we either get the prairie chicken off the endangered list, or go ahead and wipe them out entirely?
I know that's EPA. Hope that climate-change-denier guy is also a heartless carnivore.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
And can we either get the prairie chicken off the endangered list, or go ahead and wipe them out entirely?
I know that's EPA. Hope that climate-change-denier guy is also a heartless carnivore.
Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2016 01:47 PM (yL25O)
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what she meant by "no Matter if global warmi ng is phony it helps"
all of us "betters to line our pockets and jet set around the world with trend setters"
all of us "betters to line our pockets and jet set around the world with trend setters"
Posted by: willow at December 14, 2016 01:47 PM (R7cwD)
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What I find interesting about these nominees is that so many of them are poised to tell us whether Republicans are willing to do what they promise to do, whether it's get rid of the EPA or vastly reduce the Department of Education's power over local schools.
It's like Trump is telling the Republican Party to put-up-or-shut-up.
It's like Trump is telling the Republican Party to put-up-or-shut-up.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (2lndx)
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FTSB - Michael Barone: Democrats Need to Stop Making Excuses and Get Out of Their #SafeSpaces of Coastal Cities and Out Into America
No they don't. I want them unadapted and out of power for the next decade.
No they don't. I want them unadapted and out of power for the next decade.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (0F67M)
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>>It's a clear focus on what is that division to do and putting a person
in charge of that division whose focus is on getting the best outcome
for his employer. It's just that in this case the employer is the
citizenry of the United States.
THIS!
Trump is certainly giving the impression that he wants to get these agencies in order and he wants to move fast.
And on the plus side, we know he has no qualms about replacing someone who is not producing. That must scare the $#@! out of employees of these agencies - especially if Trump decides to take on public sector unions.
in charge of that division whose focus is on getting the best outcome
for his employer. It's just that in this case the employer is the
citizenry of the United States.
THIS!
Trump is certainly giving the impression that he wants to get these agencies in order and he wants to move fast.
And on the plus side, we know he has no qualms about replacing someone who is not producing. That must scare the $#@! out of employees of these agencies - especially if Trump decides to take on public sector unions.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (NOIQH)
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AGW was not really about wealth distribution, it was about strangling American productivity, and paving the way for the globalist cabal. Trump train is running down their BS blockades to private industry success.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (pS/eA)
What's worse to me????
Even if you believe in Man Made Global Warming... a brief look at physics and how Greenhouse gases actually work, says its not CO2.
So.... like Islamic Jihad... they are willing to suspend common sense or even a rational look at the world... and make it so we can't actually SOLVE the problem (if there is Man Made Global Warmering..)...
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 01:44 PM (pS/eA)
What's worse to me????
Even if you believe in Man Made Global Warming... a brief look at physics and how Greenhouse gases actually work, says its not CO2.
So.... like Islamic Jihad... they are willing to suspend common sense or even a rational look at the world... and make it so we can't actually SOLVE the problem (if there is Man Made Global Warmering..)...
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (qf6WZ)
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I'd kind of think we'd all be better off if he stayed as governor. At least the people of his state would be. Don't get me wrong, I like him but he's doing good work there. Who's likely to replace him?
You know Perry's no longer the governor, right?
You know Perry's no longer the governor, right?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (SRKgf)
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I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
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203 Now that the Searchlight Strangler is retiring, can we start using Yucca Mountain, Rick?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
Tor Jonson is still roaming Yucca Flats
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
Tor Jonson is still roaming Yucca Flats
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (7HtZB)
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He's also good in Rio Concho(I believe the first movie he made after retiring from football)
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (r/0kC)
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You know Perry's no longer the governor, right?
Yeah I had him and Walker crossed up in my mind, my mistake
Yeah I had him and Walker crossed up in my mind, my mistake
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (39g3+)
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196 Cheap energy is one of the best ways to "redistribute the wealth", as opposed to telling everyone "your electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket". And if we produce it all in America, and even export some ... all the better.
500 identical reactors distributed across the country providing free power to the grid...
Makes us impervious to attacks that could cripple the country and brings a basis for the next big leap in civilization, where unlimited free electrical energy leads to new industries we can't even conceive of now.
500 identical reactors distributed across the country providing free power to the grid...
Makes us impervious to attacks that could cripple the country and brings a basis for the next big leap in civilization, where unlimited free electrical energy leads to new industries we can't even conceive of now.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (Zs4uk)
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Yo!
Posted by: Yo! at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: washrivergal at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (CFc5L)
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I have looked at the tables. In the 2017 budget request there is $32B total. $18B of that is Defense stuff - about 12 for actual Defense stuff, about 6 for facility cleanup stuff. Roughly what the numbers were 20 years ago.
There is about $5b in "science" which includes the school program stuff. There is about $7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
There is a pie in the sky brand new request for $1.2B in 21st century (which, by the way, we are 15% of the way through) clean transportation.
And then the rest is sofa change (if your sofa has a few tens and hundreds of million dollar bills in it) on power regulation and a few other things.
There is about $5b in "science" which includes the school program stuff. There is about $7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
There is a pie in the sky brand new request for $1.2B in 21st century (which, by the way, we are 15% of the way through) clean transportation.
And then the rest is sofa change (if your sofa has a few tens and hundreds of million dollar bills in it) on power regulation and a few other things.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (tewYv)
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And on the plus side, we know he has no qualms about replacing someone who is not producing. That must scare the $#@! out of employees of these agencies - especially if Trump decides to take on public sector unions.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (NOIQH)
But the first thing that needs to happen, is the Civil Service Laws need to be fixed, so people can be fired...
Otherwise? nothing is really going to change...
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (NOIQH)
But the first thing that needs to happen, is the Civil Service Laws need to be fixed, so people can be fired...
Otherwise? nothing is really going to change...
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (qf6WZ)
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203 Now that the Searchlight Strangler is retiring, can we start using Yucca Mountain, Rick?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
Never mind Yucca Mountain. Use Berkeley/SF instead.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 14, 2016 01:45 PM (0F67M)
Never mind Yucca Mountain. Use Berkeley/SF instead.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (SRKgf)
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217
I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (GX63o)
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Wasn't me.
Posted by: Thomas Fart Benton at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (zMnVK)
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many are skeptical of the "pure sciencey-ness, honest!" of the whole global warming crusade.
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It could be covering up something worse than we know.
As has been reported by worldwide media, US Secretary of State John Kerry recently traveled to the South Pole, allegedly to become better informed about "Climate Change." Kerry was the highest ranking US government official ever to visit the South Pole, and his visit struck many as unusual. Few saw any purpose whatsoever to sending America's top Diplomat to the farthest reaches of the earth to see . . . ice.
Now, with Buzz Aldrin's tweet, and its strange deletion, folks are wondering if sending America's top Diplomat to no-man's land, perhaps had something to do with Diplomacy after all. Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
http://tinyurl.com/jocxp7g
See also
http://tinyurl.com/hj8b6hp
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It could be covering up something worse than we know.
As has been reported by worldwide media, US Secretary of State John Kerry recently traveled to the South Pole, allegedly to become better informed about "Climate Change." Kerry was the highest ranking US government official ever to visit the South Pole, and his visit struck many as unusual. Few saw any purpose whatsoever to sending America's top Diplomat to the farthest reaches of the earth to see . . . ice.
Now, with Buzz Aldrin's tweet, and its strange deletion, folks are wondering if sending America's top Diplomat to no-man's land, perhaps had something to do with Diplomacy after all. Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
http://tinyurl.com/jocxp7g
See also
http://tinyurl.com/hj8b6hp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (Nwg0u)
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Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
You're right, I want her to be able to cook at least as well as I do. And that's pretty darn good. And be someone I can trust, not to lie to me or step out on me.
I'm sure such a woman exists, but she's married to some other dude.
You're right, I want her to be able to cook at least as well as I do. And that's pretty darn good. And be someone I can trust, not to lie to me or step out on me.
I'm sure such a woman exists, but she's married to some other dude.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:51 PM (39g3+)
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>> No they don't. I want them unadapted and out of
>> power for the next decade.
Those of us in California think in terms of prison hulks moored somewhere offshore.
Alas, we've scrapped all the old mothball fleet freighters.
>> power for the next decade.
Those of us in California think in terms of prison hulks moored somewhere offshore.
Alas, we've scrapped all the old mothball fleet freighters.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:51 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 14, 2016 01:51 PM (nKLZ2)
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135 I'd have to go back and look at the budget tables, but back when I was an analyst for DOE (not in the DOE, at a commercial contractor) MOST of the budget for DOE was nuclear weapons and their legacy - Defense Nuclear facilities.
If I recall the numbers correctly, 90% of the DOE budget was in that pot. Another 5% was in education - basically funding science programs in schools. And when it came to "energy" like the production of it, it was a little teeny tiny sliver of the budget.
Now, I know that the non-Defense stuff has gotten larger, those grants to Solyndra and stuff were in the half-billion dollar range which all by itself is more than what DOE had for the entire renewable energy business. Now I am curious, I wonder what they really are, but I am quite sure that the Defense stuff is still the majority.
In reality, DoE should be disbanded because it isn't what everybody thinks it is. But a lot of what it does will still need to be done.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (tewYv)
Unfortunately, the DOE is not running the Defense Nuclear Facilities very well. Remember the elderly nuns that made it through three layers of security and were finally caught AFTER they spray painted the enriched uranium storage facility at Oak Ridge.
It was a total cluster fark. Fences with holes, intrusion sensors down, and real live guards that did no guarding.
If I recall the numbers correctly, 90% of the DOE budget was in that pot. Another 5% was in education - basically funding science programs in schools. And when it came to "energy" like the production of it, it was a little teeny tiny sliver of the budget.
Now, I know that the non-Defense stuff has gotten larger, those grants to Solyndra and stuff were in the half-billion dollar range which all by itself is more than what DOE had for the entire renewable energy business. Now I am curious, I wonder what they really are, but I am quite sure that the Defense stuff is still the majority.
In reality, DoE should be disbanded because it isn't what everybody thinks it is. But a lot of what it does will still need to be done.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:30 PM (tewYv)
Unfortunately, the DOE is not running the Defense Nuclear Facilities very well. Remember the elderly nuns that made it through three layers of security and were finally caught AFTER they spray painted the enriched uranium storage facility at Oak Ridge.
It was a total cluster fark. Fences with holes, intrusion sensors down, and real live guards that did no guarding.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:51 PM (Rtl0g)
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Now, with Buzz Aldrin's tweet, and its strange deletion, folks are wondering if sending America's top Diplomat to no-man's land, perhaps had something to do with Diplomacy after all. Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
E. T.
E. T.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (ohWrE)
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I was all for Perry in 2011, but it was too soon after his back surgery & Texas wildfires. He should've rested another month,
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (sj3Ax)
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Have they forgotten Ben Carson or doesn't he count?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/wcVO)
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Meanwhile, Trump is on pace to have more women in his cabinet than any previous president (assuming all of them are confirmed). The media doesn't really want to talk about that, though.
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Almost makes you think it was never about gender, was it, it was always ideology. The Propaganda Press is really going to have a hard time adjusting to total marginalization in the new economy, what with direct-to-the-public news broadcasting from the WH.
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Almost makes you think it was never about gender, was it, it was always ideology. The Propaganda Press is really going to have a hard time adjusting to total marginalization in the new economy, what with direct-to-the-public news broadcasting from the WH.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (LISuA)
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>>Even if you believe in Man Made Global Warming... a brief look at physics and how Greenhouse gases actually work, says its not CO2.
Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
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220 You know Perry's no longer the governor, right?
Yeah I had him and Walker crossed up in my mind, my mistake
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (39g3+)
Walker, Texas Ranger
Yeah I had him and Walker crossed up in my mind, my mistake
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (39g3+)
Walker, Texas Ranger
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/D5Lf)
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Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
The Nazis are supposed to have a secret base under the ice, right?
The Nazis are supposed to have a secret base under the ice, right?
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (tewYv)
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many are skeptical of the "pure sciencey-ness, honest!" of the whole global warming crusade.
CAN WE STOP IT WITH THE AGW STUFF AND TALK ABOUT ACTUAL FREAKING POLLUTION AND OMFG ARRRGGGHHHH
*twitches on ground*
I'm fine. It's fine. All good.
*twitch*
Wait.
HOW ABOUT WE FOCUS ON NOT POISONING FLINT BEFORE WE WORRY ABOUT SOME FUCKING POLAR BEARS WHO WILL TOTALLY EAT YOUR FACE OM NOM NOM ARRRRGGGHHH
*twitch*
Okay. I'm good now.
*twitch.
CAN WE STOP IT WITH THE AGW STUFF AND TALK ABOUT ACTUAL FREAKING POLLUTION AND OMFG ARRRGGGHHHH
*twitches on ground*
I'm fine. It's fine. All good.
*twitch*
Wait.
HOW ABOUT WE FOCUS ON NOT POISONING FLINT BEFORE WE WORRY ABOUT SOME FUCKING POLAR BEARS WHO WILL TOTALLY EAT YOUR FACE OM NOM NOM ARRRRGGGHHH
*twitch*
Okay. I'm good now.
*twitch.
Posted by: alexthechick - rrraaawwwrrr at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (mf5HN)
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>> Never mind Yucca Mountain. Use Berkeley/SF instead.
SACRAMENTO (FAKENEWS) - The Trump administration today announced the establishment of a nuclear waste storage site a block and a half from the California state Capitol.
SACRAMENTO (FAKENEWS) - The Trump administration today announced the establishment of a nuclear waste storage site a block and a half from the California state Capitol.
Posted by: JEM at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (TppKb)
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171 I'm loving Jim Brown right now.So sad when he dies at the end of The Dirty Dozen.
Posted by: steevy
How about a spoiler alert? I''ve only seen it thirty times.
Posted by: steevy
How about a spoiler alert? I''ve only seen it thirty times.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at December 14, 2016 01:53 PM (kfcYC)
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"And Obama takes credit for a lot of the positives, never revealing that the underlying positives happened despite him."
And ah...ah went ahead and balanced that danged budget when Ah wuz prezdint.
And reformed welfayr, y'all.
And ah...ah went ahead and balanced that danged budget when Ah wuz prezdint.
And reformed welfayr, y'all.
Posted by: Slick Willy "dribble chins" Clinton, wastin away in chlamydiaville. at December 14, 2016 01:53 PM (kVX3W)
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Today is so much better for me. Yetserday was an Ow My Balls day...and a mixed up probe day too.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at December 14, 2016 01:53 PM (m3iiU)
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A few minutes away from the fed raising interest rates enough to hobble any hopes of prosperity.
Posted by: Soona at December 14, 2016 01:54 PM (Fmupd)
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" Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?"
Alien v Predator! I volunteer Lurch in sacrifice.
Alien v Predator! I volunteer Lurch in sacrifice.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:54 PM (SIY7D)
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So are the submissive Russian brides coming by Amazon drone? Should I take off early and drive home?
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at December 14, 2016 01:55 PM (RD7QR)
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Energy is the thing I am most excited for under Trump. I don't care if his "wall" is one mile long and six feet high.
Enforce current immigration laws and drill for that sweet, sweet oil = Mission Accomplished. #Winning
Enforce current immigration laws and drill for that sweet, sweet oil = Mission Accomplished. #Winning
Posted by: Max Power at December 14, 2016 01:55 PM (q177U)
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243 Heh.One moron said he has seen that movie so many times but he still feels like Jefferson mght make it this time.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 01:55 PM (r/0kC)
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227 217
I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (GX63o)
If I ever Find a woman like Chritopher wants, I will be happy to make sammiches for us and the kids too.
I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (GX63o)
If I ever Find a woman like Chritopher wants, I will be happy to make sammiches for us and the kids too.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:55 PM (Rtl0g)
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238
>>Even if you believe in Man Made Global Warming... a brief look
at physics and how Greenhouse gases actually work, says its not CO2.
Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean
released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea
events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
Don't discount the impact that Taco Bell has on methane production.
>>Even if you believe in Man Made Global Warming... a brief look
at physics and how Greenhouse gases actually work, says its not CO2.
Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean
released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea
events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
Don't discount the impact that Taco Bell has on methane production.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 14, 2016 01:56 PM (jxbfJ)
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240. Pfft! EVERYONE KNOWS it's there. So, no secret.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at December 14, 2016 01:56 PM (veBHJ)
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"and...for the record.."the science is settled" is NOT science"
Correct- the above statement is far more religious cant than it is scientific discourse.
Correct- the above statement is far more religious cant than it is scientific discourse.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 14, 2016 01:56 PM (kVX3W)
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Icebergs contain a shitload of methane. Pun intended.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 01:57 PM (/wcVO)
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Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
You're right, I want her to be able to cook at least as well as I do. And that's pretty darn good. And be someone I can trust, not to lie to me or step out on me.
I'm sure such a woman exists, but she's married to some other dude.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Look to farmersonly.com.
Find you a country girl.
You're right, I want her to be able to cook at least as well as I do. And that's pretty darn good. And be someone I can trust, not to lie to me or step out on me.
I'm sure such a woman exists, but she's married to some other dude.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Look to farmersonly.com.
Find you a country girl.
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$7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (tewYv)
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huge.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:49 PM (tewYv)
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huge.
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 01:57 PM (LISuA)
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>>Don't discount the impact that Taco Bell has on methane production.
I never trusted that damn Chihuahua.
I never trusted that damn Chihuahua.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:57 PM (/tuJf)
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On AGW, if you haven't seen these, they are worth your time.
https://youtu.be/WCU6bzRypZ4
https://youtu.be/0gDErDwXqhc
By Stefan Molyneux.
https://youtu.be/WCU6bzRypZ4
https://youtu.be/0gDErDwXqhc
By Stefan Molyneux.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (GX63o)
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PepsiCo CEO joins Trump's team following his supporters' threats to boycott
PepsiCo's CEO and Chairman Indra Nooyi is joining President-elect Donald Trump's new economic advisory board, less than a month after Trump supporters began threatening to boycott Pepsi over fake news reports.
I don't know why he needs this cow. But it's good to see that we're exerting some influence even if it's because of "fake news"
It's amazing how the truth is fake news.
PepsiCo's CEO and Chairman Indra Nooyi is joining President-elect Donald Trump's new economic advisory board, less than a month after Trump supporters began threatening to boycott Pepsi over fake news reports.
I don't know why he needs this cow. But it's good to see that we're exerting some influence even if it's because of "fake news"
It's amazing how the truth is fake news.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (493sH)
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Yeah, still not tired of winning, though at some point I am going to run out of blood...probably.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (kumBu)
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If you've seen Fresh Off The Boat that's more what traditional Asian wife/mom is like.
Except maybe a Japanese wife - not sure about them. Everyone else in South East Asia though...
Except maybe a Japanese wife - not sure about them. Everyone else in South East Asia though...
Posted by: Deplorable votermom @vm on Gab at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (Om16U)
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I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Ask for the moon on a silver platter while you're at it.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Ask for the moon on a silver platter while you're at it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (X6fMO)
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I don't mind dept of energy if is used for actual energy and hardening our infrastructure, I think that is a perfectly fine function of govt.
The irony of course is the other side uses it for anti-energy and global warming bullshit.
So I would be fine with leaving it all to the states and killing the Dept.
I don't mind dept of energy if is used for actual energy and hardening our infrastructure, I think that is a perfectly fine function of govt.
The irony of course is the other side uses it for anti-energy and global warming bullshit.
So I would be fine with leaving it all to the states and killing the Dept.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 14, 2016 01:59 PM (ODxAs)
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Jim Brown was a high school sports star in five sports in tony Long Island Manhasset where his mom was a domestic. Because he was black in the 1950s, he didn't get a college scholarship. A local white businessman paid for his first year at Syracuse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (SIY7D)
Like Jackie Robinson (a Republican who was repudiated by the Black Panthers in the late '60's as an Uncle Tom when he spoke of personal responsibility) the blacks who genuinely suffered from real discrimination when they were young are the ones who want the most to get past race.
Because Brown and Robinson were gifted, all they ever wanted was a fair shake, not special treatment. I think many of today's race baiters want privileged status because deep down they know they won't make it on a level playing field, or else they don't want to try.
Jim Brown was a high school sports star in five sports in tony Long Island Manhasset where his mom was a domestic. Because he was black in the 1950s, he didn't get a college scholarship. A local white businessman paid for his first year at Syracuse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 01:43 PM (SIY7D)
Like Jackie Robinson (a Republican who was repudiated by the Black Panthers in the late '60's as an Uncle Tom when he spoke of personal responsibility) the blacks who genuinely suffered from real discrimination when they were young are the ones who want the most to get past race.
Because Brown and Robinson were gifted, all they ever wanted was a fair shake, not special treatment. I think many of today's race baiters want privileged status because deep down they know they won't make it on a level playing field, or else they don't want to try.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 14, 2016 01:59 PM (u0lmX)
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My schadenboner just discovered oil in my yard.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 14, 2016 01:59 PM (kTF2Z)
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Unfortunately, the DOE is not running the Defense Nuclear Facilities very well. Remember the elderly nuns that made it through three layers of security and were finally caught AFTER they spray painted the enriched uranium storage facility at Oak Ridge.
It was a total cluster fark. Fences with holes, intrusion sensors down, and real live guards that did no guarding.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:51 PM (Rtl0g)
Well, yeah. If it were to be done, it should be done well.
Regardless, that $18B or so in that bin is going to have to be spent. It could be spent better - we probably should spend more. But, hey, billion here, billion there, soon we are talking a whole lot of money.
It probably shouldn't go to DoD because of the reason it isn't there to begin with - civil control of nuclear weapons. The culture isn't right.
Should be returned to an autonomous agency, as it was as the AEC. The environmental stuff could go to EPA and Interior, the power stuff to Commerce.
But there isn't a lot of money to be gained from it, and there really isn't that much that Energy does that steps on our liberties.
But we should kill it off just for the encouragement of others.
It was a total cluster fark. Fences with holes, intrusion sensors down, and real live guards that did no guarding.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:51 PM (Rtl0g)
Well, yeah. If it were to be done, it should be done well.
Regardless, that $18B or so in that bin is going to have to be spent. It could be spent better - we probably should spend more. But, hey, billion here, billion there, soon we are talking a whole lot of money.
It probably shouldn't go to DoD because of the reason it isn't there to begin with - civil control of nuclear weapons. The culture isn't right.
Should be returned to an autonomous agency, as it was as the AEC. The environmental stuff could go to EPA and Interior, the power stuff to Commerce.
But there isn't a lot of money to be gained from it, and there really isn't that much that Energy does that steps on our liberties.
But we should kill it off just for the encouragement of others.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 01:59 PM (tewYv)
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Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Methane isn't that damaging when you light your farts.
Methane isn't that damaging when you light your farts.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 01:59 PM (ohWrE)
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"Look to farmersonly.com.
Find you a country girl.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 01:57 PM (ohWrE) "
Unfortunately, as a suburban boy, the only thing I've ever farmed is XP.
Find you a country girl.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 01:57 PM (ohWrE) "
Unfortunately, as a suburban boy, the only thing I've ever farmed is XP.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 14, 2016 01:59 PM (kumBu)
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"they are willing to suspend common sense or even a
rational look at the world... and make it so we can't actually SOLVE the
problem (if there is Man Made Global Warmering..)...
Posted by: Don Q.,
yeah, Gore stole the concept from a real scientist, who said Gore had taken it too far. Then that scientist (Ravier?, or something like that) died and the left claimed he had gone senile. nice.
but right, we can't stop to CO2 output enough to matter, especially with China and others laughing that we are willing to commit economic suicide over the BS.
But even for purists like that Canadian quoted above, that think global wealth redistribution is cool, they were lied to as well. The cabal would collect the money for themselves. But I still think the biggest part of it was just about control over industry. Same with all the endangered species crap. It kneecaps the private sector and forces them to bribe the government powers.
rational look at the world... and make it so we can't actually SOLVE the
problem (if there is Man Made Global Warmering..)...
Posted by: Don Q.,
yeah, Gore stole the concept from a real scientist, who said Gore had taken it too far. Then that scientist (Ravier?, or something like that) died and the left claimed he had gone senile. nice.
but right, we can't stop to CO2 output enough to matter, especially with China and others laughing that we are willing to commit economic suicide over the BS.
But even for purists like that Canadian quoted above, that think global wealth redistribution is cool, they were lied to as well. The cabal would collect the money for themselves. But I still think the biggest part of it was just about control over industry. Same with all the endangered species crap. It kneecaps the private sector and forces them to bribe the government powers.
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Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
The major greenhouse gas: water vapor.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
The major greenhouse gas: water vapor.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:00 PM (SRKgf)
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HOW ABOUT WE FOCUS ON NOT POISONING FLINT BEFORE WE WORRY ABOUT SOME FUCKING POLAR BEARS WHO WILL TOTALLY EAT YOUR FACE OM NOM NOM ARRRRGGGHHH
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And poisoning rivers in Colorado! Can we not do that anymore either, please?
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And poisoning rivers in Colorado! Can we not do that anymore either, please?
Posted by: MTF at December 14, 2016 02:00 PM (LISuA)
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Anyone know if PE Trump is talking to Sarah Palin? He should make her Secretary of Pissing Off the Left. Appoint her to anything really - a spite appointment, if you will.
Posted by: Weasel at December 14, 2016 02:01 PM (Sfs6o)
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Interest rates up .25%. DJIA - 19,950+.
Posted by: Soona at December 14, 2016 02:01 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: eleven at December 14, 2016 02:01 PM (qUNWi)
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Is Jim Brown a house n****r yet?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (/D5Lf)
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"Ask for the moon on a silver platter while you're at it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (X6fMO) "
I mean, I'm not greedy - the platter can be a lesser metal, and I'll even take one of those small moons from Saturn that no one cares about.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 14, 2016 01:58 PM (X6fMO) "
I mean, I'm not greedy - the platter can be a lesser metal, and I'll even take one of those small moons from Saturn that no one cares about.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (kumBu)
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$7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
Oh, I bet that pays for a lot of travel, yuuge office parties, and fancy office furniture.
$7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
Oh, I bet that pays for a lot of travel, yuuge office parties, and fancy office furniture.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (NOIQH)
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229 - And the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church also visited Antarctica this year. These are strange days.
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (7HtZB)
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Have they forgotten Ben Carson or doesn't he count?
He is a Republican. Black Republicans Lives Don't Matter.
He is a Republican. Black Republicans Lives Don't Matter.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (Rtl0g)
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I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (GX63o)
If I ever Find a woman like Chritopher wants, I will be happy to make sammiches for us and the kids too.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:55 PM (Rtl0g)
Find a conservative college girl and treat her like a queen. I am the luckiest guy in the world. Coming up on 20 years together and 16 married, not to toot my own horn, because she deserves better than my dumb ass. But they are out there, and worth it.
Her hot conservative friend had to go on match.com to find a decent marriage prospect, after 15 years of dating losers and boys.
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I don't want a submissive wife anyway. I want a respectful one, a wife who loves God first, and me next. I want a wife who is classy and dignified in public, and never ever runs me down to anyone else, just as I would never her. And I want her to be a rampaging slut in private.
Is that so much to ask?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 01:48 PM (39g3+)
Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM (GX63o)
If I ever Find a woman like Chritopher wants, I will be happy to make sammiches for us and the kids too.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 01:55 PM (Rtl0g)
Find a conservative college girl and treat her like a queen. I am the luckiest guy in the world. Coming up on 20 years together and 16 married, not to toot my own horn, because she deserves better than my dumb ass. But they are out there, and worth it.
Her hot conservative friend had to go on match.com to find a decent marriage prospect, after 15 years of dating losers and boys.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (GX63o)
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Don't discount the impact that Taco Bell has on methane production.
We must ban burritos! It's for the children! It's for the polar bears! It's for the polar bears' children!
We must ban burritos! It's for the children! It's for the polar bears! It's for the polar bears' children!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (Rtl0g)
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@207 Meanwhile, Trump is on pace to have more women in his cabinet than any previous president (assuming all of them are confirmed). The media doesn't really want to talk about that, though.
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It'll get used against Trump somehow.
Remember "binders" in 2012? That got started when Romney pointed out that the governor's office when he was governor of Mass. treated its female employees better than Obama's White House did. The progs took one word he used, turned it into a nonsensical slur, and ran with it.
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It'll get used against Trump somehow.
Remember "binders" in 2012? That got started when Romney pointed out that the governor's office when he was governor of Mass. treated its female employees better than Obama's White House did. The progs took one word he used, turned it into a nonsensical slur, and ran with it.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (ff27+)
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Unfortunately, as a suburban boy, the only thing I've ever farmed is XP.
What do you farm???? WHAT DO YOU FARM????
https://youtu.be/ZaA-tkqw5E0
What do you farm???? WHAT DO YOU FARM????
https://youtu.be/ZaA-tkqw5E0
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (39g3+)
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Afternoon, all.
*stares at gifts that need wrapping*
I hate wrapping gifts with a white-hot passion.
Do we have a favorite here to head up the VA? DO NOT WANT MITTENS. I'd like a hard-core vet, who's not afraid to take names and kick ass.
*stares at gifts that need wrapping*
I hate wrapping gifts with a white-hot passion.
Do we have a favorite here to head up the VA? DO NOT WANT MITTENS. I'd like a hard-core vet, who's not afraid to take names and kick ass.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (PY9jH)
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283 Have you seen the cows with the backpacks that catch their farts?We should all wear these.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (r/0kC)
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Upon hearing about Perry at DOE, a spokeswoman from the DC Public School System (let that sink in) said that she would like to eliminate the "Department of White Men"!
This idiot apparently is appalled that Perry has stated in the past that he would like to eliminate DOE. Oh, and she is as white as a snowflake.
This idiot apparently is appalled that Perry has stated in the past that he would like to eliminate DOE. Oh, and she is as white as a snowflake.
Posted by: Cheri at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (oiNtH)
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"and...for the record.."the science is settled" is NOT science"
Correct- the above statement is far more religious cant than it is scientific discourse.Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 14, 2016 01:56 PM (kVX3W)
(I probably should've added a /sarc tag to my original...)
"and...for the record.."the science is settled" is NOT science"
Correct- the above statement is far more religious cant than it is scientific discourse.Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 14, 2016 01:56 PM (kVX3W)
(I probably should've added a /sarc tag to my original...)
Posted by: General Zod at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (Bdeb0)
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Now, with Buzz Aldrin's tweet, and its strange deletion, folks are wondering if sending America's top Diplomat to no-man's land, perhaps had something to do with Diplomacy after all. Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
*****
E. T.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (ohWrE)
My first thought was H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness.
*****
E. T.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (ohWrE)
My first thought was H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness.
Posted by: HTL at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (QaAkH)
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Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 02:00 PM (pS/eA)
Key is that CO2 is a Greenhouse gas... but because it absorbs the same IR Energy Wavelengths as Water Vapor... it reached its peak of effectiveness a long long time ago.
We could double or triple CO2... and it wouldn't do anything about the temp of the Earth's Atmosphere.
Anyone with a basic grasp of Physics KNOWS this... the information is out there... but it does not fit the narrative or the drive to dictate peoples lives...
Key is that CO2 is a Greenhouse gas... but because it absorbs the same IR Energy Wavelengths as Water Vapor... it reached its peak of effectiveness a long long time ago.
We could double or triple CO2... and it wouldn't do anything about the temp of the Earth's Atmosphere.
Anyone with a basic grasp of Physics KNOWS this... the information is out there... but it does not fit the narrative or the drive to dictate peoples lives...
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (/tuJf)
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Sammiches. Don't forget sammiches.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM
That goes without saying.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 01:50 PM
That goes without saying.
Posted by: Froederick Frankenstein at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (kDUMP)
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Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
The major greenhouse gas: water vapor.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:00 PM (SRKgf)
And quite possibly the major damping effect as clouds reflect solar radiation causing a cooling effect, IIRC.
Methane is a much more damaging green house gas and the ocean released tons of it all the time, particularly when we have sub-sea events like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 01:52 PM (/tuJf)
The major greenhouse gas: water vapor.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:00 PM (SRKgf)
And quite possibly the major damping effect as clouds reflect solar radiation causing a cooling effect, IIRC.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (GX63o)
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Is Jim Brown a house n****r yet?
I think they are going to just ignore this one and pretend it never happened.
I think they are going to just ignore this one and pretend it never happened.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:06 PM (39g3+)
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this is about Gore's mentor Revelle ... by another "skeptic" John Coleman. Revelle rejected the wasted energy Gore was profiting from. Gore basically flipped him off by calling him senile ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4g_17MHug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4g_17MHug
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 02:06 PM (pS/eA)
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Unfortunately, the one time I met Jim Brown he was a prick to me, but I know he can be moody, and I know it isn't fair to judge someone from one encounter. It just sucked because Jim Brown *is* Cleveland sports, and I'm such a big Cleveland sports fan, it was like Santa Claus punching you in the mouth and then boffing your mom.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (kumBu)
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I think they are going to just ignore this one and pretend it never happened.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:06 PM (39g3+)
Yep. Nothing on the big three.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:06 PM (39g3+)
Yep. Nothing on the big three.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (/D5Lf)
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If they raise interest rates , people may learn that CD doesn't just stand for Compact Disc.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (/wcVO)
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Interesting angle to picking Rex as SoS. The oil industry stands out as not being part of The Borg. Most other major industries have been co-opted to some degree or more.
Ironically, no industry pays more in taxes and fees. Income, drilling royalties, gas taxes, sales taxes, local real estate taxes. Add it up. Companies like XOM probably pay 5x or more (I'm guessing) to government than they keep as shareholder earnings. And they employ lots of people.
Companies like Google, not so much.
Ironically, no industry pays more in taxes and fees. Income, drilling royalties, gas taxes, sales taxes, local real estate taxes. Add it up. Companies like XOM probably pay 5x or more (I'm guessing) to government than they keep as shareholder earnings. And they employ lots of people.
Companies like Google, not so much.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (SIY7D)
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"And I hope Perry fires every last mofo in the DOE who thinks they're too important to answer questions about whether or not they've been attending conferences on the AGW scam."
Just head over to accounting and let's take a look at all out-of-town travel expenses, shall we?
Just head over to accounting and let's take a look at all out-of-town travel expenses, shall we?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Go Jolly Your Holly at the Outrage Outlet! at December 14, 2016 02:08 PM (hLRSq)
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$7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
Oh, I bet that pays for a lot of travel, yuuge office parties, and fancy office furniture.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (NOIQH)
Probably $10 million alone for the DOE Secretary staff, assistants, and publicity flacks. Images must be maintained.
Trappings of Majesty are necessary to maintain egos.
$7B JUST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT.
Oh, I bet that pays for a lot of travel, yuuge office parties, and fancy office furniture.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (NOIQH)
Probably $10 million alone for the DOE Secretary staff, assistants, and publicity flacks. Images must be maintained.
Trappings of Majesty are necessary to maintain egos.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:08 PM (Rtl0g)
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291. Mine, too. Assuming it's not just some click bait, ans that Alrdin actually did tweet that, and that he isn't/wasn't out of his mind at the time..... a lot of assumptions there.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at December 14, 2016 02:08 PM (veBHJ)
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Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
Thanks to the global warmers the north pole is gettingtoo touristy so Santa is relocating
Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
Thanks to the global warmers the north pole is gettingtoo touristy so Santa is relocating
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 14, 2016 02:08 PM (lKyWE)
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Remember "binders" in 2012? That got started when Romney pointed out that the governor's office when he was governor of Mass. treated its female employees better than Obama's White House did. The progs took one word he used, turned it into a nonsensical slur, and ran with it.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (ff27+)
This is always my biggest worry. Trump doesn't need to actually do anything to get mocked into oblivion by the media. They can just take anything and make it a joke and laugh at their own joke and people buy into it.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:04 PM (ff27+)
This is always my biggest worry. Trump doesn't need to actually do anything to get mocked into oblivion by the media. They can just take anything and make it a joke and laugh at their own joke and people buy into it.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 02:08 PM (xeeHA)
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Tissue paper and gift bags. I horde them like a hawk every Christmas so that I can reuse them the following year. I hate to wrap.
Posted by: Cheri at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (oiNtH)
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a spokeswoman from the DC Public School System (let that sink in) said that she would like to eliminate the "Department of White Men"!
I'm kinda tired of the hate toward whiteness for whiteness sake. I really am. Its more than bigotry, its turning skin color into the source of all evils and ill in the world. Its the lie of the noble savage turned outward, so everyone is ignoble who is pale in complexion.
Its not just racist, its stupid in regards to everyone else in the world, as if non white people do no wrong.
I'm kinda tired of the hate toward whiteness for whiteness sake. I really am. Its more than bigotry, its turning skin color into the source of all evils and ill in the world. Its the lie of the noble savage turned outward, so everyone is ignoble who is pale in complexion.
Its not just racist, its stupid in regards to everyone else in the world, as if non white people do no wrong.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (39g3+)
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Upon hearing about Perry at DOE, a spokeswoman from the DC Public School System (let that sink in) said that she would like to eliminate the "Department of White Men"!
This idiot apparently is appalled that Perry has stated in the past that he would like to eliminate DOE. Oh, and she is as white as a snowflake.
When every state has a DOE and the fed dept doesn't educate ONE STUDENT, I know where we can start cutting.
This idiot apparently is appalled that Perry has stated in the past that he would like to eliminate DOE. Oh, and she is as white as a snowflake.
When every state has a DOE and the fed dept doesn't educate ONE STUDENT, I know where we can start cutting.
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@300 If they raise interest rates , people may learn that CD doesn't just stand for Compact Disc.
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Raising the interest rates is needed long-term, I suspect. But it's going to hammer the federal budget because Obama and company went nuts with short term loans for the deficit when the interest rate was 0%.
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Raising the interest rates is needed long-term, I suspect. But it's going to hammer the federal budget because Obama and company went nuts with short term loans for the deficit when the interest rate was 0%.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (ff27+)
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>>And quite possibly the major damping effect as clouds reflect solar radiation causing a cooling effect, IIRC.
Joni Mitchell said it best.
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Joni Mitchell said it best.
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (/tuJf)
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And the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church also visited Antarctica this year. These are strange days.
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM
To be fair, Bartholomew is a serious greenie. Of course, that seems to be more from a "we are stewards of the earth" perspective than a "spread the global wealth" one
Posted by: josephistan at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM
To be fair, Bartholomew is a serious greenie. Of course, that seems to be more from a "we are stewards of the earth" perspective than a "spread the global wealth" one
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (kDUMP)
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Oh, I bet that pays for a lot of travel, yuuge office parties, and fancy office furniture.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (NOIQH)
Probably. But I went into details tables - actually, $6B of the $7B they are counting in performance and management is "Environmental Management" which is not running the Department.
Good question is what is it.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2016 02:02 PM (NOIQH)
Probably. But I went into details tables - actually, $6B of the $7B they are counting in performance and management is "Environmental Management" which is not running the Department.
Good question is what is it.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (tewYv)
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Brown? Meh.
Posted by: OJ at December 14, 2016 02:10 PM (zMnVK)
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Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (SIY7D)
The other thing is that the Oil Industry worldwide is controlled by Government owned companies...
And OPEC is a Political Organization, who tries to fix prices.
We need a Sec State who understands how the world Economy really works...
The other thing is that the Oil Industry worldwide is controlled by Government owned companies...
And OPEC is a Political Organization, who tries to fix prices.
We need a Sec State who understands how the world Economy really works...
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 02:10 PM (qf6WZ)
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300 If they raise interest rates , people may learn that CD doesn't just stand for Compact Disc.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (/wcVO)
Last time I was at the bank, they were telling me about their great interest rate on a one year CD. It was all of 1.05%!!!!
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (/wcVO)
Last time I was at the bank, they were telling me about their great interest rate on a one year CD. It was all of 1.05%!!!!
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:10 PM (Rtl0g)
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I think they are going to just ignore this one and pretend it never happened.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:06 PM (39g3+)
Yep. Nothing on the big three.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (/D5Lf)
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Anything that doesn't fit the narrative is now, axiomatically, "Fake News."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:06 PM (39g3+)
Yep. Nothing on the big three.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 14, 2016 02:07 PM (/D5Lf)
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Anything that doesn't fit the narrative is now, axiomatically, "Fake News."
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 02:10 PM (xeeHA)
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The progs took one word he used, turned it into a nonsensical slur, and ran with it.
That didn't bother me so much as that people actually bought into it. Its so self evidently nonsensical, nobody really thought Romney had women actually bound in chains, no matter how hysterical and stupid they were. They knew it was retarded and still ran with it.
That didn't bother me so much as that people actually bought into it. Its so self evidently nonsensical, nobody really thought Romney had women actually bound in chains, no matter how hysterical and stupid they were. They knew it was retarded and still ran with it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:11 PM (39g3+)
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Is there some entity there with which we need Diplomatic contact?
Thanks to the global warmers the north pole is gettingtoo touristy so Santa is relocating
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic
If you actually take the time and listen, the penguins speak to you......
Thanks to the global warmers the north pole is gettingtoo touristy so Santa is relocating
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic
If you actually take the time and listen, the penguins speak to you......
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:11 PM (ohWrE)
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Good question is what is it.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (tewYv)
Ahh. It is double counting. That same $6B is in the Defense number.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 02:09 PM (tewYv)
Ahh. It is double counting. That same $6B is in the Defense number.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 02:12 PM (tewYv)
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If you actually take the time and listen, the penguins speak to you......
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:11 PM (ohWrE)
And sometimes create havoc in Gotham City
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:11 PM (ohWrE)
And sometimes create havoc in Gotham City
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2016 02:12 PM (493sH)
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Glad I locked in at 3.6 a few months ago.
Posted by: Infidel at December 14, 2016 02:12 PM (a62hT)
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Still wary of Trump and think he will let the GOPe get away with keeping obamacare, not securing the border and spending like a crack whore in a cocaine factory, but I like that he has picked a lot of non-politicians for cabinet.
( I will note I have been frequently wrong about Trump)
Still wary of Trump and think he will let the GOPe get away with keeping obamacare, not securing the border and spending like a crack whore in a cocaine factory, but I like that he has picked a lot of non-politicians for cabinet.
( I will note I have been frequently wrong about Trump)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 14, 2016 02:12 PM (ODxAs)
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@301 Interesting angle to picking Rex as SoS. The oil industry stands out as not being part of The Borg. Most other major industries have been co-opted to some degree or more.
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Yes, and no. IIRC, at least one of the big oil companies has been co-opted. But I can't remember which one off the top of my head.
Exxon, however, has not, as I recall. They've had a number of confrontations with the greens around the world, and some major green corruption has been exposed in some of the lawsuits filed against Exxon.
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Yes, and no. IIRC, at least one of the big oil companies has been co-opted. But I can't remember which one off the top of my head.
Exxon, however, has not, as I recall. They've had a number of confrontations with the greens around the world, and some major green corruption has been exposed in some of the lawsuits filed against Exxon.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:13 PM (ff27+)
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284 Fed is raising interest rates per Rush.
He said Yellen is going to do it.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (Rtl0g)
And has done it.
This was my concern: that the Fed would ramp up interest rates to crush the nascent Trump recovery. One-quarter point probably won't do it, and we do need some increase in interest rates to dampen inflationary pressure occasioned by a recovering economy and the liquidity overhang after a shitload of "quantitative easing."
But I just hope the Fed doesn't adopt a partisan-motivated policy, as they arguably did during the Obongo era with that "quantitative easing." Real interest rates - where arms-length lender would actually buy government debt - would have crushed the Obongo economy, and they knew it. Did the keep interest rates artificially low out of patriotism or partisanship? I guess we'll find out.
He said Yellen is going to do it.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:03 PM (Rtl0g)
And has done it.
This was my concern: that the Fed would ramp up interest rates to crush the nascent Trump recovery. One-quarter point probably won't do it, and we do need some increase in interest rates to dampen inflationary pressure occasioned by a recovering economy and the liquidity overhang after a shitload of "quantitative easing."
But I just hope the Fed doesn't adopt a partisan-motivated policy, as they arguably did during the Obongo era with that "quantitative easing." Real interest rates - where arms-length lender would actually buy government debt - would have crushed the Obongo economy, and they knew it. Did the keep interest rates artificially low out of patriotism or partisanship? I guess we'll find out.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:13 PM (SRKgf)
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192 Huh, the Fed is going to raise the interest rate today.
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 12:36 PM (/tuJf)
I saw Rampaging Slut open for Hole. I don't remember where it was but it was great when I woke up.
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2016 12:36 PM (/tuJf)
I saw Rampaging Slut open for Hole. I don't remember where it was but it was great when I woke up.
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at December 14, 2016 02:13 PM (RD7QR)
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To be fair, Bartholomew is a serious greenie. Of course, that seems to be more from a "we are stewards of the earth" perspective than a "spread the global wealth" one
I can at least respect the Steward of the Earth angle.
I can at least respect the Steward of the Earth angle.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:14 PM (ohWrE)
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If you actually take the time and listen, the penguins speak to you......
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:11 PM (ohWrE)
They're saying they'll work for half of what the elves are getting.
If you actually take the time and listen, the penguins speak to you......
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:11 PM (ohWrE)
They're saying they'll work for half of what the elves are getting.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 14, 2016 02:14 PM (lKyWE)
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@318 That didn't bother me so much as that people actually bought into it. Its so self evidently nonsensical, nobody really thought Romney had women actually bound in chains, no matter how hysterical and stupid they were. They knew it was retarded and still ran with it.
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They didn't even really say that. They just said, "Binders!" and assumed that you knew what horrible, reprehensible thing they were talking about.
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They didn't even really say that. They just said, "Binders!" and assumed that you knew what horrible, reprehensible thing they were talking about.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:14 PM (ff27+)
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"We could double or triple CO2... and it wouldn't do anything about the temp of the Earth's Atmosphere.
Anyone with a basic grasp of Physics KNOWS this... the information
is out there... but it does not fit the narrative or the drive to
dictate peoples lives...
Posted by: Don Q.,
Sure, but they quit caring about the science 20 years ago.
CO2 increase does have an effect on plants as a "fertilizer". Arid areas have greened up some, and CO2 increase seems the probable reason. So I like to change the line of argument by talking about "The Greening of America" ... because that stuns and disables the fool hardy warmist, who vaguely recalls the commie book by that title.
Then I can jump on them and attack them MMA style with other facts, as Trayvon did to Zimmerman. lol
Anyone with a basic grasp of Physics KNOWS this... the information
is out there... but it does not fit the narrative or the drive to
dictate peoples lives...
Posted by: Don Q.,
Sure, but they quit caring about the science 20 years ago.
CO2 increase does have an effect on plants as a "fertilizer". Arid areas have greened up some, and CO2 increase seems the probable reason. So I like to change the line of argument by talking about "The Greening of America" ... because that stuns and disables the fool hardy warmist, who vaguely recalls the commie book by that title.
Then I can jump on them and attack them MMA style with other facts, as Trayvon did to Zimmerman. lol
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (pS/eA)
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This is always my biggest worry. Trump doesn't need to actually do anything to get mocked into oblivion by the media. They can just take anything and make it a joke and laugh at their own joke and people buy into it.
They might try.
But Trump will shove it up their backside and break it off.
Reason #1, why I like Trump.
The wall is 2, and Guns are 3.
This is always my biggest worry. Trump doesn't need to actually do anything to get mocked into oblivion by the media. They can just take anything and make it a joke and laugh at their own joke and people buy into it.
They might try.
But Trump will shove it up their backside and break it off.
Reason #1, why I like Trump.
The wall is 2, and Guns are 3.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (Rtl0g)
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Yes, and no. IIRC, at least one of the big oil companies has been co-opted. But I can't remember which one off the top of my head.
BP was, remember all those glowing green ads about how they were using corn to save the world? Then the oil leak happened and they kind of ran away and hid. Not sure what's up with the company now.
BP was, remember all those glowing green ads about how they were using corn to save the world? Then the oil leak happened and they kind of ran away and hid. Not sure what's up with the company now.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (39g3+)
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Have you seen the cows with the backpacks that catch their farts?We should all wear these.
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Or at least Michael Moore should.
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Or at least Michael Moore should.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, This Is the Dawning of the Age of the Trumpius! at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (Nwg0u)
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obama set up the federal govt to hurt business, to hurt the economy.
The Fake News and the obama admin have been hiding the real economic data from The People for 8 years.
That whole "Great Recession" thing was a load of bullshit. It was a recession that was exacerbated by Big Government malfeasance. obama inherited a RECOVERING economy that was in the process of CORRECTING itself. obama meddled with all the correcting and prolonged the recession.
Today we have a "new economy" because of obama's fraud. An economy where most people don't work or don't pay taxes or receive more govt benefits than they pay-in with taxes. It's an unsustainable lopsided economy.
obama set up the federal govt to hurt business, to hurt the economy.
The Fake News and the obama admin have been hiding the real economic data from The People for 8 years.
That whole "Great Recession" thing was a load of bullshit. It was a recession that was exacerbated by Big Government malfeasance. obama inherited a RECOVERING economy that was in the process of CORRECTING itself. obama meddled with all the correcting and prolonged the recession.
Today we have a "new economy" because of obama's fraud. An economy where most people don't work or don't pay taxes or receive more govt benefits than they pay-in with taxes. It's an unsustainable lopsided economy.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (25wCj)
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Repost from Nov:
"Fed's in a bind. If rates go up too much the Fed goes balance sheet broke because of the mismatch in its asset maturities. Hard to go broke when you can legally print money, but the Fed may find a way.
"If they raise interest rates, and I think they will, it will be small and gradual. Another 1/4 point to start"
"Fed's in a bind. If rates go up too much the Fed goes balance sheet broke because of the mismatch in its asset maturities. Hard to go broke when you can legally print money, but the Fed may find a way.
"If they raise interest rates, and I think they will, it will be small and gradual. Another 1/4 point to start"
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (SIY7D)
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"They didn't even really say that. They just said, "Binders!" and assumed that you knew what horrible, reprehensible thing they were talking about.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:14 PM (ff27+) "
Yeah, what's so wrong with Binders? They're a Tier 3 class with tons of flavor.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:14 PM (ff27+) "
Yeah, what's so wrong with Binders? They're a Tier 3 class with tons of flavor.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at December 14, 2016 02:16 PM (kumBu)
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""This must end. Now." pompously intoned the WaPo propagandists. "
Sez who? A bunch of beltway dopes? Pfffffft.
And why?
Sez who? A bunch of beltway dopes? Pfffffft.
And why?
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk- lookin to beat on a warmist about now.. at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (kVX3W)
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Exxon does run ads about how they are working on stuff like carbon sequestration.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (r/0kC)
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They might try.
But Trump will shove it up their backside and break it off.
Reason #1, why I like Trump.
The wall is 2, and Guns are 3.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (Rtl0g)
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I hope so. I really do. He does seem to have some type of magical control of the media. Still, they've brought down some big people with nothing but nonsense. On the other hand, they really blew their load during the campaign and I'm not sure they have anything that can top "grabbing pussy" in reserve.
Maybe he truly is invulnerable to the media.
But Trump will shove it up their backside and break it off.
Reason #1, why I like Trump.
The wall is 2, and Guns are 3.
Posted by: rd at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (Rtl0g)
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I hope so. I really do. He does seem to have some type of magical control of the media. Still, they've brought down some big people with nothing but nonsense. On the other hand, they really blew their load during the campaign and I'm not sure they have anything that can top "grabbing pussy" in reserve.
Maybe he truly is invulnerable to the media.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (xeeHA)
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Alrighty I am way, way down in the weeds in the budget. I am quite sure that no one in the Congress reads this thing, it is WAY MORE obfuscatory than it was 20 years ago.
Anyway, actual departmental administration is "only" $130M.
But there are lots of places where there are other admin costs tucked into all the sub organizations.
Anyway, actual departmental administration is "only" $130M.
But there are lots of places where there are other admin costs tucked into all the sub organizations.
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (tewYv)
Posted by: Marcus T at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (rQph1)
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"BP was, remember all those glowing green ads about how they were using corn to save the world?"
Oil companies had to say this for PC PR. But they still are drillers.
BP got screwed over the spill, which was exaggerated. The EPA created a worse long-term disaster with that CO river.
Oil companies had to say this for PC PR. But they still are drillers.
BP got screwed over the spill, which was exaggerated. The EPA created a worse long-term disaster with that CO river.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 02:18 PM (SIY7D)
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And quite possibly the major damping effect as clouds reflect solar radiation causing a cooling effect, IIRC.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (GX63o)
Exactly. More warming leads to more water vapor in the atmosphere, which in principle could lead to still more warming ... except it would also lead to more cloud cover, and thereby increase the albedo of the atmosphere.
But not to worry, the models have all this taped. The science is settled! Except the models aren't science; they're just ... models. And so far, no one (AFAIK) has generated a falsifiable prediction from those models that has not in fact been falsified. (Thinking here of, e.g., the predictions regarding the incidence and severity of hurricanes, something you don't hear much about nowadays.)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (GX63o)
Exactly. More warming leads to more water vapor in the atmosphere, which in principle could lead to still more warming ... except it would also lead to more cloud cover, and thereby increase the albedo of the atmosphere.
But not to worry, the models have all this taped. The science is settled! Except the models aren't science; they're just ... models. And so far, no one (AFAIK) has generated a falsifiable prediction from those models that has not in fact been falsified. (Thinking here of, e.g., the predictions regarding the incidence and severity of hurricanes, something you don't hear much about nowadays.)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:18 PM (SRKgf)
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Maybe he truly is invulnerable to the media.
Ronald Reagan was, it infuriated them. And I think he was for the same reason Trump is right now: he spoke the language of the people and reached them through the noise. God help us, we're in idiocracy now, so Trump's song reaches the public.
Ronald Reagan was, it infuriated them. And I think he was for the same reason Trump is right now: he spoke the language of the people and reached them through the noise. God help us, we're in idiocracy now, so Trump's song reaches the public.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:19 PM (39g3+)
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Exxon does run ads about how they are working on stuff like carbon sequestration.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (r/0kC)
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The holy grail is carbon sequestration, if you ask me. No matter how much I believe or disbelieve in Climate Change shit, the truth is a lot of people DO believe in it.
So my strategy is to grant them the warmening and suggest a novel, MUCH MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE solution. Just suck the carbon back out. There are many promising technologies in development for that and if we can do that at sufficient rates, they'll have to invent the next big climate catastrophe because Climate Change will be dead.
Posted by: steevy at December 14, 2016 02:17 PM (r/0kC)
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The holy grail is carbon sequestration, if you ask me. No matter how much I believe or disbelieve in Climate Change shit, the truth is a lot of people DO believe in it.
So my strategy is to grant them the warmening and suggest a novel, MUCH MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE solution. Just suck the carbon back out. There are many promising technologies in development for that and if we can do that at sufficient rates, they'll have to invent the next big climate catastrophe because Climate Change will be dead.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 02:20 PM (xeeHA)
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BP got screwed over the spill, which was exaggerated. The EPA created a worse long-term disaster with that CO river.
Yeah, in terms of ecological damage, the BP leak was pretty minor. It looked ugly because oil floats on the surface, but in the end it wasn't very significant. Obama could have handled it a lot better, but his goal was to make oil look bad and scare people, not respond and deal with it.
Yeah, in terms of ecological damage, the BP leak was pretty minor. It looked ugly because oil floats on the surface, but in the end it wasn't very significant. Obama could have handled it a lot better, but his goal was to make oil look bad and scare people, not respond and deal with it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:20 PM (39g3+)
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"BP was, remember all those glowing green ads about how they were using corn to save the world?"
Oil companies had to say this for PC PR. But they still are drillers.
BP got screwed over the spill, which was exaggerated. The EPA created a worse long-term disaster with that CO river.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 02:18 PM (SIY7D)
Time to get rid of the corn syrup gasoline. Wreaks havoc on normal engines. Whether the NASCAR nincompoops who brag about how good the Sunoco corn blend is, I just want to remind them, I don't have a team of rocket scientists tearing my engine down after 500 miles of driving.
"BP was, remember all those glowing green ads about how they were using corn to save the world?"
Oil companies had to say this for PC PR. But they still are drillers.
BP got screwed over the spill, which was exaggerated. The EPA created a worse long-term disaster with that CO river.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 14, 2016 02:18 PM (SIY7D)
Time to get rid of the corn syrup gasoline. Wreaks havoc on normal engines. Whether the NASCAR nincompoops who brag about how good the Sunoco corn blend is, I just want to remind them, I don't have a team of rocket scientists tearing my engine down after 500 miles of driving.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at December 14, 2016 02:20 PM (7N6ox)
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George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 -- July 26, 2013), the father of fracking. I doubt that one in hundred Americans know his name.
Posted by: Ignoramus
Super guy. Didn't know him personally but he did a very nice favor for my dad when he was sick.
His foundation gives millions of dollars to science and environmental issues (smart ones, not SJW ones).
Posted by: Ignoramus
Super guy. Didn't know him personally but he did a very nice favor for my dad when he was sick.
His foundation gives millions of dollars to science and environmental issues (smart ones, not SJW ones).
Posted by: stace, deplorable at last at December 14, 2016 02:21 PM (ozZau)
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So my strategy is to grant them the warmening and suggest a novel, MUCH MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE solution.
Never,ever grant them that.
So my strategy is to grant them the warmening and suggest a novel, MUCH MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE solution.
Never,ever grant them that.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 14, 2016 02:22 PM (lKyWE)
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This is always my biggest worry. Trump doesn't need to actually do anything to get mocked into oblivion by the media. They can just take anything and make it a joke and laugh at their own joke and people buy into it.
They might try.
But Trump will shove it up their backside and break it off.
Reason #1, why I like Trump.
The wall is 2, and Guns are 3.
Posted by: rd
Trump is gonna put the media up against a wall & shoot them? I call dibs on the front row!
They might try.
But Trump will shove it up their backside and break it off.
Reason #1, why I like Trump.
The wall is 2, and Guns are 3.
Posted by: rd
Trump is gonna put the media up against a wall & shoot them? I call dibs on the front row!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:22 PM (ohWrE)
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I have no military experience and little practical experience with firearms, but I found this hilarious.
http://tinyurl.com/zojek8w
Its basically the difference between Hollywood and someone with real time on the ground in those boots, what they see and what someone like me sees. I did wonder about the night vision flipped up, though.
http://tinyurl.com/zojek8w
Its basically the difference between Hollywood and someone with real time on the ground in those boots, what they see and what someone like me sees. I did wonder about the night vision flipped up, though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:22 PM (39g3+)
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Upon hearing about Perry at DOE, a spokeswoman from the DC Public School System (let that sink in) said that she would like to eliminate the "Department of White Men"!
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Where do I need to submit my resume to get a job at the Department of White Men? I'm fairly certain that I'm qualified, being a white man and all.
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Where do I need to submit my resume to get a job at the Department of White Men? I'm fairly certain that I'm qualified, being a white man and all.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 14, 2016 02:22 PM (KUaJL)
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Ronald Reagan was, it infuriated them. And I think he was for the same reason Trump is right now: he spoke the language of the people and reached them through the noise. God help us, we're in idiocracy now, so Trump's song reaches the public.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:19 PM (39g3+)
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I think this is correct. The parallels to Reagan are compelling when taken together. Not parallels in ideology or character or anything personal. Just, this outsider that the media and elite HATE somehow coming into office with a plan to MAGA.
It is why I have hope that in 4 years there could be a landslide. I think Trump realizes that all he has to do is get GDP growth up to 4-5+%/year and it doesn't matter AT ALL what the media says about him. At that point, he could grab a pussy on TV and get reelected.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:19 PM (39g3+)
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I think this is correct. The parallels to Reagan are compelling when taken together. Not parallels in ideology or character or anything personal. Just, this outsider that the media and elite HATE somehow coming into office with a plan to MAGA.
It is why I have hope that in 4 years there could be a landslide. I think Trump realizes that all he has to do is get GDP growth up to 4-5+%/year and it doesn't matter AT ALL what the media says about him. At that point, he could grab a pussy on TV and get reelected.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 02:24 PM (xeeHA)
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Time to get rid of the corn syrup gasoline.
I really hope he can get congress to do it, but unfortunately that big ag money is hard to fight against, particularly with so many congressmen coming from corn states.
Ethanol is bad in nearly every conceivable way, but it makes a lot of people a lot of money.
I really hope he can get congress to do it, but unfortunately that big ag money is hard to fight against, particularly with so many congressmen coming from corn states.
Ethanol is bad in nearly every conceivable way, but it makes a lot of people a lot of money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)
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Part of my job is to monitor Federal Register for new actions from the DOE. 15 years ago they were devoted to licensing of power plants. Today they are devoted to making blenders more energy efficient.
Posted by: Wendy at December 14, 2016 02:25 PM (bpemY)
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Never,ever grant them that.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 14, 2016 02:22 PM (lKyWE)
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At this point it doesn't matter because it isn't about the science either way. It is about global socialism. Period. And when you "solve" their Climate Change "problem" they will magically have another problem with the same suggested solution.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 14, 2016 02:22 PM (lKyWE)
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At this point it doesn't matter because it isn't about the science either way. It is about global socialism. Period. And when you "solve" their Climate Change "problem" they will magically have another problem with the same suggested solution.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at December 14, 2016 02:26 PM (xeeHA)
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Sooo.... by raising the interest rate on the debt... by .25%
She just spent 50 BILLION Tax Dollars per year, to just maintain the existing debt.
She just spent 50 BILLION Tax Dollars per year, to just maintain the existing debt.
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 02:27 PM (qf6WZ)
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@338 Exxon does run ads about how they are working on stuff like carbon sequestration.
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Given how constantly Exxon seems to be targeted by greens, I'm willing to give the company a pass for the time being.
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Given how constantly Exxon seems to be targeted by greens, I'm willing to give the company a pass for the time being.
Posted by: junior at December 14, 2016 02:27 PM (ff27+)
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Obama could have handled it a lot better, but his goal was to make oil look bad and scare people, not respond and deal with it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:20 PM (39g3+)
What did you want him to do? Suck it up with a straw?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:20 PM (39g3+)
What did you want him to do? Suck it up with a straw?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2016 02:28 PM (493sH)
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Ethanol is bad in nearly every conceivable way, but it makes a lot of people a lot of money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)
Burning Food is just Evil in my opinion...
And that is EXACTLY what they are doing... turning food into Ethanol, then burning it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)
Burning Food is just Evil in my opinion...
And that is EXACTLY what they are doing... turning food into Ethanol, then burning it.
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 02:29 PM (qf6WZ)
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What did you want him to do? Suck it up with a straw?
Well he could have at least stopped his vacation and visited the area to show the locals he gave a crap, allocated emergency funds, that kind of thing. Instead of partying and ignoring it.
She just spent 50 BILLION Tax Dollars per year, to just maintain the existing debt.
The interest rates have to go up, but this is about tanking the economy for when Trump takes office more than anything else.
Well he could have at least stopped his vacation and visited the area to show the locals he gave a crap, allocated emergency funds, that kind of thing. Instead of partying and ignoring it.
She just spent 50 BILLION Tax Dollars per year, to just maintain the existing debt.
The interest rates have to go up, but this is about tanking the economy for when Trump takes office more than anything else.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:30 PM (39g3+)
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Nood
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:30 PM (ohWrE)
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And quite possibly the major damping effect as clouds reflect solar radiation causing a cooling effect, IIRC.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (GX63o)
Exactly. More warming leads to more water vapor in the atmosphere, which in principle could lead to still more warming ... except it would also lead to more cloud cover, and thereby increase the albedo of the atmosphere.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:18 PM (SRKgf)
I am old enough to remember when a nuclear winter (which relied on the same reflective mechanism) was a real and existential threat. Apparently, global yammering cultists were born yesterday.
And quite possibly the major damping effect as clouds reflect solar radiation causing a cooling effect, IIRC.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:05 PM (GX63o)
Exactly. More warming leads to more water vapor in the atmosphere, which in principle could lead to still more warming ... except it would also lead to more cloud cover, and thereby increase the albedo of the atmosphere.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 14, 2016 02:18 PM (SRKgf)
I am old enough to remember when a nuclear winter (which relied on the same reflective mechanism) was a real and existential threat. Apparently, global yammering cultists were born yesterday.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at December 14, 2016 02:33 PM (GX63o)
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Burning Food is just Evil in my opinion...
And that is EXACTLY what they are doing... turning food into Ethanol, then burning it.
Not exactly. The corn they plant for ethanol is the same sweet corn we eat. Or turn into shine.
But it does take up plantable land. Then again, come to Texas. We have land to spare.
We have corn that grows about 4ft high, then looks like it browned and burned up in the field by June or July.
THAT is the ethanol corn.
And that is EXACTLY what they are doing... turning food into Ethanol, then burning it.
Not exactly. The corn they plant for ethanol is the same sweet corn we eat. Or turn into shine.
But it does take up plantable land. Then again, come to Texas. We have land to spare.
We have corn that grows about 4ft high, then looks like it browned and burned up in the field by June or July.
THAT is the ethanol corn.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:33 PM (ohWrE)
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"The Greening of America" ... because that stuns and disables the fool hardy warmist, who vaguely recalls the commie book by that title.
Then I can jump on them and attack them MMA style with other facts, as Trayvon did to Zimmerman. lol
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (pS/eA)
Basically the same type of attack I use against Ethanol...
'Why do you hate poor people? Why do you want people to STARVE??? because you are literally BURNING FOOD!'
Then I can jump on them and attack them MMA style with other facts, as Trayvon did to Zimmerman. lol
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 02:15 PM (pS/eA)
Basically the same type of attack I use against Ethanol...
'Why do you hate poor people? Why do you want people to STARVE??? because you are literally BURNING FOOD!'
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 02:36 PM (qf6WZ)
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Not exactly. The corn they plant for ethanol is the same sweet corn we eat. Or turn into shine.
But it does take up plantable land. Then again, come to Texas. We have land to spare.
We have corn that grows about 4ft high, then looks like it browned and burned up in the field by June or July.
THAT is the ethanol corn.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:33 PM (ohWrE)
But there is only so much water to grow stuff with...
Andddd.... corn is feed for livestock...
I don't think you can argue that Ethanol production has NOT increased food prices... as when that arable land is taken out of production for food.... it decreases supply...
But it does take up plantable land. Then again, come to Texas. We have land to spare.
We have corn that grows about 4ft high, then looks like it browned and burned up in the field by June or July.
THAT is the ethanol corn.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2016 02:33 PM (ohWrE)
But there is only so much water to grow stuff with...
Andddd.... corn is feed for livestock...
I don't think you can argue that Ethanol production has NOT increased food prices... as when that arable land is taken out of production for food.... it decreases supply...
Posted by: Don Q., at December 14, 2016 02:38 PM (qf6WZ)
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"Just suck the carbon back out. There are many
promising technologies in development for that and if we can do that at
sufficient rates, they'll have to invent the next big climate
catastrophe because Climate Change will be dead.
Posted by: Moron Pundit
they were going to do that near here (Merodosia IL) but ended up closing the plant. It is expensive and a complete waste. People have to be educated, not have the propaganda catered to.
promising technologies in development for that and if we can do that at
sufficient rates, they'll have to invent the next big climate
catastrophe because Climate Change will be dead.
Posted by: Moron Pundit
they were going to do that near here (Merodosia IL) but ended up closing the plant. It is expensive and a complete waste. People have to be educated, not have the propaganda catered to.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 14, 2016 02:39 PM (pS/eA)
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it was like Santa Claus punching you in the mouth and then boffing your mom.
Eh, she was asking for it. And you've got a smart mouth.
No go get me a beer before I shove coal so far up your ass you'll be coughing out diamonds.
Eh, she was asking for it. And you've got a smart mouth.
No go get me a beer before I shove coal so far up your ass you'll be coughing out diamonds.
Posted by: Billy Bob Thornton at December 14, 2016 02:41 PM (X6fMO)
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"Jim Brown has no patience with race baiting twit on CNN:"
There was a great special about Jim Brown on (I think) "A Football Life".
Seems like a total no BS guy who doesn't do a lot of Alinsky type activism. He actually helps gangbangers turn their lives around. He has little patience for them blaming their problems on racism, or the cops, or whatever.
There was a great special about Jim Brown on (I think) "A Football Life".
Seems like a total no BS guy who doesn't do a lot of Alinsky type activism. He actually helps gangbangers turn their lives around. He has little patience for them blaming their problems on racism, or the cops, or whatever.
Posted by: RM at December 14, 2016 02:47 PM (U3LtS)
Posted by: Rick perry at December 14, 2016 02:48 PM (HgMAr)
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Ethanol is bad in nearly every conceivable way, but it makes a lot of people a lot of money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)
It also helps candidates win the Iowa caucus, although Cruz won while telling them ethanol was bad.
Trump told Iowans he wanted to INCREASE ethanol subsidies.
That was one of the many reasons I hated him so much.
I'm really glad he won and I love what he's doing as PEOTUS, but there are good reasons so many of us had a hard time getting on board with him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 14, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)
It also helps candidates win the Iowa caucus, although Cruz won while telling them ethanol was bad.
Trump told Iowans he wanted to INCREASE ethanol subsidies.
That was one of the many reasons I hated him so much.
I'm really glad he won and I love what he's doing as PEOTUS, but there are good reasons so many of us had a hard time getting on board with him.
Posted by: stace, deplorable at last at December 14, 2016 02:51 PM (ozZau)
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"Maybe he truly is invulnerable to the media."
IF, and only if, the economy grows pretty steadily and people can see some improvement. Things have been crappy for a long while and patience will be short.
And the media and Democrats will take any speck of bad news and turn it into a catastrophe.
IF, and only if, the economy grows pretty steadily and people can see some improvement. Things have been crappy for a long while and patience will be short.
And the media and Democrats will take any speck of bad news and turn it into a catastrophe.
Posted by: RM at December 14, 2016 02:54 PM (U3LtS)
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When I heard this on the radio, I actually clapped.
Posted by: mullingthingsover at December 14, 2016 05:23 PM (NrMU9)
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Is this a Rick roll? Of whom?
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